Top Absence Quotes

Detachment is not the absence of emotion, it is the process of becoming one with the Oneness that is the Universe. To be detached, is to realize that the fullness of all there is, is too much to react...

It is in the nature of man to want what he does not have. This modern concern for happiness seems a real testimony of its absence.

Absence Definition

(n.) A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

(n.) Want; destitution; withdrawal.

(n.) Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.

She sheltered her colors in the dark, where others were blind to see; I caught a glimpse of her lastly when she gave me a chance, before disappearing into the day. There was beauty locked in her that...

The very places that we presume God not to be are the very places that are filled with His footprints and littered with His fingerprints.

When the river of emotions bursts its banks and expectations go over the edges of reality, the brain creates hallucinations. Ringxiety-stricken people feel illusive vibrating alerts and hear phantom p...

Beauty is not a warrant for wellbeing and so does happiness not hinge on social success, but is only tangible via intricate, meandering discovery journeys in the mind. ("Absence of beauty was like hel...

A role model is a person whose roles can be modelled. If the roles you conceive and give birth to today cannot be adopted by anyone in your absence, you are no good model.

She'd started swimming early in the morning, when the kids were asleep, when she thought he was asleep. She didn't know her absence woke him, that the shift in the bed was an earthquake. When she clim...

Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

When your absence is felt, your presence is the essence and it makes a difference.

The hatred the 'Christian' right wing harbors for the SA Constitution is not htere because of an absence of 'God' in state machinery and the excised phrase 'in humble submission to almighty God' - but...

I know an alcoholic is the worse, but sometimes I wonder if it's better to have a drinking father that lives at home, or a drinking father, that never comes around.

As light splinters into darkness, new thoughts may take over in the mind and allow upbeat views to gain power. Thus and so, thoughtfulness readily opens a blistering sky in the faltering shadow of una...

When we stake a claim to the needs and wants of our life, we may easily fail to live up to the standards of others. Empathy and connectedness, however, might bridge the gap, by stirring our consciousn...

loneliness is a great teacher and a master test of character

The absence of specific knowledge about success is the reason why your journey along the path to success has been halted

All my images are self-portraits, even when I'm not in them.

In the architecture of their life some may display Potemkin happiness in view of hiding the dark features of their fair weather relationship, preferring to set up a window dressing of fake satisfactio...

Take it easy when you are busy! It shall never be easy but, take it easy!

Respect means: even in your absence people speak good of your person