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> [“The absolute affirms itself through its own self negation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishida-kitaro/the-absolute-affirms-itself-through-its-own-self-negation/)

[Nishida Kitaro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishida-kitaro/)

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> [Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/minor-white/be-still-with-yourself-until-the-object-of-your-attention-affirms/)

[Minor White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/minor-white/)

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> [Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/male-supremacy-is-fused-into-the-language-so-that-every-sentence-both/)

[Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/)

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> [Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/our-smile-affirms-our-awareness-and-determination-to-live-in-peace/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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> [There is no affirmation without the one who affirms. in this sense, everything to which you grant your love is yours](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-is-no-affirmation-without-the-one-who-affirms-in-this-sense/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [A Gothic cathedral affirms that it was done by us and not done by us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-gothic-cathedral-affirms-that-it-was-done-by-us-and-not-done-by-us/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/on-the-whole-i-am-on-the-side-of-the-unregenerate-who-affirms-the/)

[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/)

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> [Faith affirms many things, respecting which the senses are silent, but nothing that they deny. It is superior, but never opposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/faith-affirms-many-things-respecting-which-the-senses-are-silent-but/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [ “...The cry of revolt against such a god \[a god which just affirms the world as it is\] is nearer the truth… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-barth/the-cry-of-revolt-against-such-a-god-a-god-which-just-affirms-the/)

[Karl Barth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-barth/)

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> [“This peace feeds, soothes, honors and affirms us from within. There is purity in our lust; clarity in our confusion; innocence in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgi-y-johnson/this-peace-feeds-soothes-honors-and-affirms-us-from-within-there-is/)

[Georgi Y. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgi-y-johnson/)

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> [Logic itself affirms that a loving Heavenly Father would not abandon His children without providing a way for them to learn of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-wirthlin/logic-itself-affirms-that-a-loving-heavenly-father-would-not-abandon/)

[Joseph B. Wirthlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-wirthlin/)

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