Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

As an artist I would like to eliminate the symbolic pretty much, for black is interesting not as a color but as a non-color and… — Ad Reinhardt
In the absence of organized religion, the only vehicle for redemption is art - not just the fragmentary arts of painting or music or poetry,… — Roger Scruton
The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence. — Shelagh Delaney
Where God's presence is no longer a tenable proposition and where his absence is no longer a felt, indeed overwhelming weight, certain dimensions of thought… — Rudolf Steiner
We must begin by acknowledging that there is a complete absence of two things in Indian Society. One of these is equality. On the social… — B R Ambedkar
I think Chairman Davis has said he would always prefer that baseball strengthens its own policies and not leave it to Congress to legislate. In… — Robert J. White
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple, to truly understand the underlying challenges and come up… — Steve Jobs
Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind. — Jawaharlal Nehru
Mother went off for three days to New York and Mame and Quentin took instant advantage of her absence to fall sick. Quentin's sickness was… — Theodore Roosevelt
From the point of view of enlightenment, none of this has ever even been. All time and space, all the conditions that are apparent in… — Frederick Lenz
A better name for nirvana might be endless love. Love not even in the sense that we see it if we're watching the romantic movie,… — Frederick Lenz
Meditation, then, is a state of mind in which the 'me' is absent. And therefore that very absence brings order. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The key to the many is often the one; it is how you regard and talk about the one in that one's absence or presence… — Stephen Covey
Meditation is humility - the absence of thought, doubt, and ego. — Frederick Lenz
Purity means lack of hatred, jealousy, fear, greed and lust - the absence of anything that can stain consciousness. — Frederick Lenz
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. -Ronald Reagan In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty… — Saint Augustine
Absence really can make the heart grow fonder, even when the [man's] feet wander. — Amy Dickinson
It is not truly realistic or scientific to take short views, to sacrifice the future to immediate pressure, to ignore facts and forces that are… — John Dewey
Perhaps the greatest lesson [Huxley] learned from reading Carlyle was that real religion, that emotive feeling for Truth and Beauty, could flourish in the absence… — Adrian Desmond
Hope is not defined by the absence of hardship. Rather, hope is found in God’s grace in the midst of hardship. Hope is found in… — Stuart Scott
We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must… — Thurgood Marshall
I can see now how deeply God's absence affected my unconscious life, how under me always there was this long fall that pride and fear… — Christian Wiman
Peace should be understood in a human way - in a broad social, political and economic way. Peace is threatened by unjust economic, social and… — Muhammad Yunus
The more you have loved and have allowed yourself to suffer because of your love, the more you will be able to let your heart… — Henri Nouwen
Freedom is not only the absence of external restraints. It is also the absence of irresistible internal compulsions, unmanageable passion, and uncensorable highlights. — George Will

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