I Quotes
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“In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.”
“In the absence of love, we began slowly but surely to fall apart.”
Source: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
“In the absence of observers, our universe is dead”
“In the absence of omniscience, the only 'truth' that one can attain, is that which is arrived at through the confluence of the preponderant credible evidence; insofar as what such evidence is available at any given point in time.”
“In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.”
“In the absence of organized religion, faith abounds, in the form of song and art and food and strong arms.”
Source: The Light of the World
“In the absence of organized religion, the only vehicle for redemption is art - not just the fragmentary arts of painting or music or poetry, but the kind of art that creates a whole world in itself and in that world we see ourselves reflected and see our religious life perfected.”
“In the absence of peace, we become each other’s burden. With love, each
other’s happiness and peace. With a soft heart.”
Source: Familiar Reflections
“In the absence of prayer, it is hard to hear the voice of God and when the voice of God is not loud and clear, the enemy can thwart God’s Divine plan. That is why, if you desire a life of abundance, you should create time for prayer.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“In the absence of prayer, it is impossible to encounter divine visitations.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“In the absence of prayer, the enemy is granted a chance to do what you do not want. Prayer grants you the power to oppose what is not Divine in your life.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“In the absence of prayer, the voice of darkness sounds louder because the enemy does not want you to prosper. The louder the voice of the enemy, the further he drags you away from your breakthroughs. That is why you need to dwell in prayer, so you can accurately hear the voice of God.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“In the absence of prayer, there is a higher probability of danger because prayer has spiritual safety measures.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“In the absence of self-control, this primordial nature of the limbic brain often compels the mind to give in to evils of corruption.”
Source: The Education Decree
“In the absence of sleep, my restless nights have been fueled by my overactive imagination, weaving waking dreams onto the canvas of conception. Filling my head with lots of ideas waiting to be born into reality. I am eager to return to my beautiful mistress, Creation!”
“In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.”
“In the absence of stress, men tend toward more risk taking than women; thus, once again, hormones enhance a preexisting tendency.”
Source: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
“In the absence of strong political movements for human rights, the active process of bearing witness inevitably gives way to the active process of forgetting. Repression, dissociation, and denial are phenomena of social as well as individual consciousness.”
Source: Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
“In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison.”
“In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.”
Source: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
“In the absence of the great truth, we’re all blind. A blind man cannot show the other blind man the way.”
Source: Random Cosmos
“In the absence of the sacred, nothing is sacred - everything is for sale.”
“In the absence of touching and being touched, people of all ages can sicken and grow touched starved. Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.”
“In the absence of truth there is confusion, the essence of truth.”
“In the absence of truth, power is the only game in town.”
“In the absence of uplifting words, Silence is the best choice.”
“In the absence of vision, there are nightmares.”
“In the absence of wake-up calls, many of us never really confront the critical issues of life.”
“In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.”
“In the absolute sense - kind of from the God's-eye view - God might feel like, "I made this thing that has all of that in it, all the horror and all the beauty."”
“In the abstract art of cooking, ingredients trump appliances, passion supersedes expertise, creativity triumphs over technique, spontaneity inspires invention, and wine makes even the worst culinary disaster taste delicious.”
“In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.”
Source: Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life
“In the abstract world of American economists, equations run both ways; they believe that by changing the sign of a variable from plus to minus or from minus to plus or the price and quantity of x or y, the direction of historical movement can be reversed.”
Source: The Political Economy of International Relations
“In the abstract, it might be tempting to imagine that irreducible complexity simply requires multiple simultaneous mutations - that evolution might be far chancier than we thought, but still possible. Such an appeal to brute luck can never be refuted... Luck is metaphysical speculation; scientific explanations invoke causes.”
“In the abundance of water - the fool is thirsty”
“In the abundance of water a fool is thirsty.”
“In the abyss of our consciousness, we are oblivious to the billions of possibilities surrounding us, our universe is limited by the unfathomable expense of our limitations; we are prisoners of ourselves, not that we want to escape, but we are tied up nonetheless. Our horizon does not extend beyond the eyes of our mind. - On Our Vision”
Source: Awakening
“In the academic setting, you take (typically) lonely, interesting middle-aged men and beautiful, intelligent young women, and everybody's motivations for display and conquest are engaged to the max. Sublimated, this can be a powerful force for the good - Plato had a lot to say about that - but acted upon it can bring evils without end.”
“In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.”
“In the acceptance of depravity the sense of the past is most truly captured. What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance? Corruption is the Age of Time.”
Source: Nightwood: The Original Version and Related Drafts
“In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not. All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before our trenches, so as to get a clear field of fire against new waves of assault.”
“In the achievement of dreams demands 100 percent dedication.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself.”
“In the acquisition of a new habit, or the leaving off of an old one, we must take care to launch ourselves with as strong and decided an initiative as possible.”
Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
“In the acquisition of Sacred knowledge, scholarship and reason are not alternatives to revelation. They are a means to an end, and the end is revelation from God.”
“In the act of deciding what to eliminate, you place value on what's left behind.”
“In the act of embracing one tree, we express gratitude to the entire forest.”
“In the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.”
Source: THE ART OF LOVING
“In the act of love, as in photography, there is a form of life and a kind of slow death.”
“In the act of planting a tree, we sow seeds of patience, nurturing the silent dialogue between our hopes and the promise of a new beginning, as roots intertwine with time.”
Source: Life Changing Journey - 365 Inspirational Quotes - Series - I