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Absence Quotes - Page 2

Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.

Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.

John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge (2011). “Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul”, p.118, Thomas Nelson Inc

The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1001, Manonmani Publishers

Peace must be more than the absence of war.

"With the stroke of a pen, peace comes to Bosnia". www.cnn.com. December 14, 1995.

Among Jews, there is an absence of drunkenness, always a fruitful source of domestic strife and misconduct.

"The Pentateuch and Haftorahs" by Joseph H. Hertz, p. 933, (One-volume edition), 1937.

Racism is a system of power and in the absence of power you cannot be considered a racist.

"We Are At War". Speech at Cheyney State University, www.blackpast.org. 1994.

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, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.99, Hackett Publishing

Friends, though absent, are still present.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (1855). “Cicero's Three books of offices, or moral duties: also his Cato Major, an essay on old age; Lælius, an essay on friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's dream; and Letter to Quintus on the duties of a magistrate”, p.181