Absence Quotes

The peace we seek and need means much more than mere absence of war. It means the acceptance of law, and the fostering of justice, in all the world.

Mathematics, such as appertain to painting, are necessary to the painter, also the absence of companions who are alien to his studies: his brain must be versatile and susceptible to the variety of objects which it encounters, and free from distracting cares.

Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.

Freedom is not only the absence of being in jail, just as it is always said that peace is not merely the absence of war.

Peace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social markers of difference.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

For in the absence of a magistrate (dandadharabhave), the strong will swallow the weak; but under his protection, the weak resist the strong.

Laughing faces do not mean that there is absence of sorrow! But it means that they have the ability to deal with it.