Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body came to be called in question by it.
The astonishment of life is the absence of any appearances of reconciliation between the theory and the practice of life.
Trust is not established in the absence of betrayal, but in those whose betrayal is least.
Freedom is not the absence of obligation or restraint, but the freedom of movement within healthy, chosen parameters.
A necessary consequent of religious belief is the attaching ideas of merit to that belief, and of demerit to its absence.
Faith isn't absence of doubt. It's belief without proof, not without question.
Being fearless doesn't mean having an absence of fear. It means you press on in spite of fear.
Your presence in this house is almost as painful and enormous as your absence.
Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness.
Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics.
The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
Mystery is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more meaning than we can comprehend.
Sex annihilates identity, and the space given to sex in contemporary novels is an avowal of the absence of character.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
I feel many times we do all the hard work, but in the absence of smart work, we do not get the desired results.
We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.
Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart.
The problem with Mexico isn't so much the men who govern but the lack of rules to govern by and the absence of institutions to rule with.
You are my angel and my damnation; in your presence I reach divine ecstasy and in your absence I descent to hell.
Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.
What I have realized is I cannot guarantee the absence of discrimination or hatred or prejudice, but I can guarantee the presence of justice.
What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but absence of self-criticism.
Racism is a system of power and in the absence of power you cannot be considered a racist.
Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt.
absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you.
Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.
If you're a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you're not going to be a good scientist.
Courage is not the absence of fear. It is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
The housing and financial crisis could not have occurred in the absence of government housing and monetary policies.
Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.
Bravery is not the absence of fear. Bravery is the ability to operate effectively even while totally terrified.
Absence may or may not make the heart grow fonder, but it certainly freshens the eye.
True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.
True Joy is not the absence of pain but the sanctifying, sustaining presence of the Lord Jesus in the midst of the pain
Faith doesn’t mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God’s goodness is greater.
Audacity isn't the absence of uncertainty and ambiguity. Audacity is believing that God's promise is bigger than my 'perhaps'
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
In the absence of good scientific data about the effects of artificial hallucinogens it's good to stick to the natural ones.
Doctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense
Peace is not just the absence of violence,peace is when the flowers bloom.
A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.
Great affectation and great absence of it are at first sight very similar.
I'm busy, man, too busy. There's a lamentable absence of free time.
In the absence of evidence, the scientist says, 'I don't know,' but the religionist says, 'I believe.'
Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought.
Masculinity is part of a binary and requires its opposite, since, in the absence of femininity, masculinity would have no meaning.
Tolerance is not the absence of belief. Tolerance is how your beliefs teach you to treat other people
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.
When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval or external power.
It is the absence of bars that makes a beast free - but only the truth can make a man free.
In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
A sense of Jesus’ absence might be a sign of his presence- a sign that he’s working already in your life.
There can be little doubt that absence from work, and inefficient work, are frequently due to intemperance.
Darkness is the absence of light. Absences do not exist. Sin does not exist .
Absence makes the heart grow fonder and tears are only rain to make love grow.
What is it that we call loneliness. It can’t simply be the absence of others, you can be alone and not lonely, and you can be among people and yet be lonely. So what is it?
I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.
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