“Absence feeds affection.”

“Loneliness Is Not The Absence Of Affection, But The Absence Of Direction.”

“… absence is
The moonlight of affection;”

“Crises feed uncertainty. And uncertainty affects behaviour, which feeds the crisis.”

“A letter then, breathing of home and affection, is a treasure; it is like a memento from the dead, for absence is as death in all but that its resurrection is in this life.”

“Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.”

“The worst thing you could do in your life is to be determined NOT TO BE AFFECTED by life. This is the harm that the glorification of the "enlightened guru" has done to us. The enlightened guru seems unaffected by life. This could not be further from the truth. The enlightened person lets himself be completely penetrated by life, but in the absence of resistance to that penetration, in the absence of resistance to being affected, there is nothing in him for life to injure or destroy. If you strive to be unaffected by life, the resistance you have is to FEELING.”

“Absence of proof is not proof of absence.”

“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”

“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”