#absence

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#alternatives #clears #marvelously #mind

The situation in the region is flammable and may explode at any moment, because of the crucial events and because of the absence of justice in executing the international legitimacy resolutions, regarding the Israeli Arab cause and the oppression on Palestinians by Israelis. ↗

— Ali A. Saleh

#any #arab #because #cause #crucial

It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#any #arab #democracy #hard #ignore

What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it. ↗

— Peter Singer

#argument #because #believe #believing #despite

Your body is away from me, but there is a window open from my heart to yours. ↗

— Rumi

#love #love

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#attention #claims #does #expose #forget

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in. ↗

— Julie Christie

#exists #happiness #i #i think #interesting

I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal. ↗

— Peter Cook

#because #coal #falling #i #judge

But now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird. ↗

— Audrey Niffenegger

#dark-bird #life #present #life

In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country. ↗

— Karl Radek

#appear #broad #country #general #labour