622 Quotes About Absence

There is a great danger in trying to punish the people you love with your absence: They may not feel as punished but rather relieved!

Achievement is not possible in the absence of Zeal.

The spring which moved my energies lay far away beyond seas, in an Indian isle.

High walls and deep precipices on your path or hard rocks and big holes are not real obstacles! There is only one real obstacle on your path: Absence of self-confidence!

We observe small rites, but we defend ourselves against that terrible memory that is stronger than will. We defend ourselves from the rooms, the scenes, the objects that make for hallucination, that make the senses start up and fasten upon a ghost. We desert those who desert us; we cannot afford to suffer; we must live how we can.

There are empty rooms, and then there are rooms that feel crowded, corner to corner, with absence.

You can decorate absence however you want- but your still gonna feel what’s missing.

أنّك أتٍ من هناكما بين موجةِ تسامر خصري وموجةٍ تلّفني وشمس حزيران البرتقالية..دمعة تحرق خدّي وتغرقني..لأنني لوهلةٍ تخيّل لي أنك آتٍ من هناك..ماشياً حافياً على الماء لتلقي عليّ التحية.

The moving force in Showing of Saying is Owning. It is what brings all present and absent beings each into their own, from where they show themselves in what they are, and where they abide according to their kind. This owning which brings them there, and which moves Saying as Showing in its showing we call Appropriation. It yields the opening of the clearing in which present beings can persist and from which absent beings can depart while keeping their persistence in the withdrawal.