The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.
The absent partie is still faultie.
I believe in the gods; or rather I believe that I believe in the gods. But I don't believe that they are great brooding presences watching over us; I believe they are completely absent minded.
Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.
That which is revealed when thoughts are absent is also here when thoughts are present.
Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent.
Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "Let him beat me too when I am absent.
Love is unconditional and incomprehensible. And I believe it's possible to love absent of mutual respect.
What living occasion can, Be just to the absent?
Hate can only flourish where love is absent.
Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.
We care. We feel. We think. We do not always miss the absent one. We cannot always come when called. Being friends with a loner requires patience and the wisdom that distance does not mean dislike.
Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.
When you seek a connection to God, you suffer. God is not absent.
No god is absent where prudence dwells.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
To be absent from the iPhone is to be present in the moment. Ignore it. Make some friends.
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it.
A good method of discovery is to imagine certain members of a system removed and then see how what is left would behave: for example, where would we be if iron were absent from the world: this is an old example.