“There is absolute truth in anarchism and it is to be seen in its attitude to the sovereignty of the state and to every form of state absolutism. [...] The religious truth of anarchism consists in this, that power over man is bound up with sin and evil, that a state of perfection is a state where there is no power of man over man, that is to say, anarchy. The Kingdom of God is freedom and the absence of such power... the Kingdom of God is anarchy.” MenStatesFormEvilReligiousSinAttitudePerfectionAbsolutesBoundsAbsenceKingdomsAnarchySovereigntyKingdom Of GodAnarchismAbsolute TruthAbsolutismReligious Truth Author:Nikolai Berdyaev
“The Mutakallemim... apply the term non-existence only to absolute non-existence, and not to absence of properties. A property and the absence of that property are considered by them as two opposites, they treat, e.g. , blindness and sight, death and life, in the same way as heat and cold. Therefore they say, without any qualification, non-existence does not require any agent, an agent is required when something is produced.” WayDoeTwoTermExistenceColdOppositesTreatsSightAbsolutesPropertyAbsenceAgentsHeatLife And DeathBlindnessQualificationsNon ExistenceTwo OppositesHeat And Cold Book:Guide for the perplexed Source: Guide for the perplexed
“Truth indeed is sacred; but, as Pilate said, "What is truth?" Show us the undoubted infallible criterion of absolute truth, and we will hold it as a sacred inviolable thing. But in the absence of that infallible criterion, we have all an equal right to grope about in our search of it, and no body and no school nor clique must be allowed to set up a standard of orthodoxy which shall bar the freedom of scientific inquiry.” SaidShowsBodySchoolEqualStandardsAbsolutesSacredAbsenceBarsInquiryCriteriaOrthodoxyInfallibleAbsolute TruthClique Author:William Stanley Jevons
“Of all the ills that circumstance forces upon man, separation from a beloved object is, perhaps, the most salutary. Separation is the crucible wherein love undergoes the test absolute; in the fire of loss, grief softens to indifference or hardens to enduring need.” MenNeedsForceLossGriefFireObjectsCircumstancesTestsAbsolutesEndureAbsenceSeparationBelovedIndifferenceCrucibleGrief Loss Book:Max Source: Max
“While theoretically a person may block God out, logically there will be a breakdown because ultimately all enunciation implies a moral doctrine of some kind. And if that moral doctrine is not absolute then the definer himself becomes undefined. That's what we are living with - an undefined definer giving us definitions for our course, and we are being trapped in the quicksand of the absence of objective truth.” IfsGivingKindMayPersonsCoursesMoralAbsolutesDefinitionsAbsenceDoctrineObjectivesBlockTrappedBreakdownQuicksandObjective TruthUndefined Author:Ravi Zacharias
“The heaviest of burdens is simultaneously an image of life's most intense fullfillment. The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of a burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into new heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?” MenRealEarthCausesHalfOur LivesAirMovementWeightAbsolutesBurdenAbsenceIntenseHeightTruthfulSoarInsignificantLightersLightnessUnbearable Lightness Of BeingUnbearable Lightness Author:Milan Kundera
“The surest way to lose democracy is to take it for granted. Every citizen must contribute to its advancement in some way. No nation or culture can long survive the absence of transcendent values and absolutes.” WayLongValuesCultureNationsLosesDemocracyCitizensAbsolutesAbsenceGrantedAdvancementTranscendent Author:Carl F. H. Henry
“Indifference looks like detachment, but it is not; indifference is simply no interest. Detachment is not absence of interest - detachment is absolute interest, tremendous interest, but still with the capacity of non-clinging. Enjoy the moment while it is there and when the moment starts disappearing, as everything is bound to disappear, let it go. That is detachment.” LooksStillsMomentsEnjoyInterestCapacityAbsolutesBoundsDisappearAbsenceIndifferenceDetachmentLet It GoClinging Book:From I to Q Source: From I to Q
“Passion, this absolute desire that can never be filled when it is driven by the absence of the other.” DesirePassionAbsolutesFilledDrivenAbsence Author:Jean Royer
“There are absolute atheists ... Absolute atheism is in no way a mere absence of belief in God. It is rather a refusal of God, a fight against God, a challenge to God.” WayFightingBeliefChallengesAtheismAbsolutesMereAtheistAbsenceRefusalBelief In God Author:Jacques Maritain
“Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.” Life IsChallengesAbsolutesAbsenceDisturbingCorpsesConfrontationSuperhumanMusic And Life Author:David Bowie
“Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.” ThinkingSaidBlackWhitePerfectBeautyFashionColorAbsolutesHarmonyAbsenceFashionistaPerfect HarmonyBalance And HarmonyColor WhiteColor Black Author:Coco Chanel
“Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and mercy, the final integrity of the universe in which we live, and of every cause to which we give our thought, our time and our attention.” GivingUniverseCausesAttentionConsciousnessIntegrityGoodnessMercyAbsolutesFinalsAbsenceOur TimeOur Thoughts Author:Ernest Holmes