1.
In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.
Isaac Newton
Without any other substantiation, the mere hint of divinity would compel me to acknowledge its presence.
2.
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
Karl Popper
Unwillingness to learn
3.
Loneliness Is Not The Absence Of Affection, But The Absence Of Direction.
Mike Murdock
Desolate Is Not The Lack Of Affection, But The Absence Of Guidance.
4.
Silence has a myriad of meanings. In the theater, silence is an absence of words, but never an absence of meaning.
Sanford Meisner
Stillness has a multitude of interpretations. In the theater, stillness represents an absence of dialogue, yet never an absence of significance.
5.
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
Wole Soyinka
The gravest menace to liberty is the lack of dissenting views.
6.
Absence, the highest form of presence.
James Joyce
'Distance, the ultimate nearness.'
7.
Since when does absence of evidence equate to evidence of absence?
Prince Ea
When has lack of proof been interpreted as evidence that something does not exist?
8.
Failure is not the absence of success. Failure is the neglect of trying.
Myles Munroe
Neglecting to attempt is the antithesis of accomplishment.
9.
Faith doesn’t mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God’s goodness is greater.
Matt Chandler
Belief does not mean the suppression of trepidation. It means confronting trepidation and putting faith in God's benevolence surpasses all else.
10.
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.
Carl Sagan
11.
Western dictionaries define secularism as absence of religion but Indian secularism does not mean irreligiousness.It means profusion of religions.
Shashi Tharoor
12.
Faith is a response to evidence, not a rejoicing in the absence of evidence.
John Lennox
13.
Peace is not just the absence of violence,peace is when the flowers bloom.
Amrita Pritam
14.
Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.
Willa Cather
15.
With the absence of pressure, it's hard to do great things.
Geno Auriemma
17.
The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
18.
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
Herodotus
19.
Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience upon which primordial shamanism is based is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego.
Terence McKenna
20.
Separation is the absence of Love, and Love is the absence of separation.
Ramesh S Balsekar
21.
Fearless is not the absence of fear. Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you.
Taylor Swift
22.
Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
John Eldredge
24.
My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you.
Daisy Ashford
26.
"What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master.
Anthony de Mello
27.
Peace must be more than the absence of war.
Helmut Kohl
28.
Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest thing that can happen to a child.
Alexander Sutherland Neill
29.
Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.
Pope John Paul II
30.
Among Jews, there is an absence of drunkenness, always a fruitful source of domestic strife and misconduct.
Hermann Adler
31.
Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something, pursuing some goal. Enlightenment is dropping all that.
Joko Beck
32.
Racism is a system of power and in the absence of power you cannot be considered a racist.
Sister Souljah
33.
Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.
John Stuart Mill
34.
Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives.
Ed Bliss
35.
Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt.
J. D. Greear
36.
Courage is not the absence of fear, it is taking a step forward when you are afraid.
Ken McGrath
37.
Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!
Edsger Dijkstra
39.
Faith is the element that builds the bridge in the absence of concrete evidence.
Howard W. Hunter
40.
In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.
Elijah Wood
41.
I didn't choose anonymity.Instead, I chose absence.
Elena Ferrante
42.
In the absence of the sacred, nothing is sacred - everything is for sale.
Oren Lyons
43.
When my self is not with you, it is nowhere.
Heloise
45.
Masculinity is part of a binary and requires its opposite, since, in the absence of femininity, masculinity would have no meaning.
Sheila Jeffreys
46.
Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos.
Danny Silk
48.
Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
Petrarch
50.
The presence of many does not and cannot replace the absence of one. That is love.
Rita Zahara