Absence Quotes

1418 Absence quotes by 972 unique authors

The absence of fossil evidence for intermediary stages between major transitions in organic design, indeed our inability, even in our imagination, to construct functional intermediates… — Stephen Jay Gould
Devotion differs. Devotion exists for the total existence, without the counterpart, mm? There is nothing against devotion. There is hate against love; there is nothing… — Rajneesh
In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it. — Erwin Rommel
If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless. — Henry A. Kissinger
Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
...And i can't get you out of my mind, God knows how hard I've tried. — Toni Braxton
I know a love may be revived which absence, inconstancy, or even infidelity has extinguished, but there is no returning from a dTgovt given by… — Mary Wortley Montagu
In positive terms, we can state that psychological maturity entails finding greater satisfaction in giving than in receiving; having a capacity to form satisfying and… — William C. Menninger
Modernism may be seen as an attempt to reconstruct the world in the absence of God. — Bryan Appleyard
Banish (the onion) from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the most modest dish; its absence… — Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Peace is something more than the absence of war, although some nations would be thankful for that alone today. A durable and equitable peace system… — Willy Brandt
In the absence of evidence, the scientist says, 'I don't know,' but the religionist says, 'I believe.' — David Eller
If you wish to discern either the presence or absence of integrity, you need to ask only one question. What is missing? Has anything been… — M. Scott Peck
The rewards of integrity are immeasurable. One is the indescribable inner peace and serenity that come from knowing we are doing what is right; another… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have… — Mahatma Gandhi
I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just… — Jonathan Ive
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. — Baruch Spinoza
No tongue is able to declare the greatness of the love that Jesus bears to every soul: and therefore this Spouse, when he would leave… — Peter of Alcantara
What can be seen on earth points to neither the total absence nor the obvious presence of divinity, but to the presence of a hidden… — Blaise Pascal
Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence. — Robert Fripp
Evil needs to be understood for what it is: the dynamic of the absence of Light. It is not something that one should prepare to… — Gary Zukav
In the twentieth century, death terrifies men less than the absence of real life. All these dead, mechanized, specialized actions, stealing a little bit of… — Raoul Vaneigem
Leadership is an elusive concept, hard to describe and impossible to prescribe. It is more evident in its absence, so that when leadership is needed,… — Patrick Dodson
A short absence is the safest. — Unknown Author
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Prolonged absence makes the heart forget. — Thomas Haynes Bayly

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