#absence

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

#actions #happiness #intended #pain #pleasure

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. ↗

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

#incessant #less #longest #love #perilous

Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of any need to choose this action? ↗

— Arthur Miller

#action #any #begins #choice #choose

I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#atheism #books #constantly #god #i

For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be an option because of the absence of health insurance. ↗

— Ben Nelson

#because #become #doctor #employed #fall

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea. ↗

— Earl Nightingale

#boredom #find #good #good idea #idea

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life. ↗

— Jean Paul

#again #during #life #loving #may

In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#bound #clause #constitution #enforce #enforcement

The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and - the most virulent cause of all - the absence of freedom. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#against #cause #discrimination #east #educational

There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#america #court #criminal #get #hundreds