Quotes on Absolutes

The sole philosophy open to those who doubt the possibility of truth is absolute silence -- even mental.

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse

Absolute nakedness was intrusive, confusing to the senses. Paradoxically, it both revealed and diminished identity.

I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.

Why do we people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute?

Because, once alone, it is impossible to believe that one could ever have been otherwise. Loneliness is an absolute discovery.

For, of course, being a girl, one’s whole dignity and meaning in life consisted in the achievement of an absolute, a perfect, a pure and noble freedom. What else did a girl’s life mean?

There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.

What you and I might rate as an absolute disaster, God may rate as a pimple-level problem that will pass. He views your life the way you view a movie after you've read the book. When something bad happens, you feel the air sucked out of the theater. Everyone else gasps at the crisis on the screen. Not you. Why? You've read the book. You know how the good guy gets out of the tight spot. God views your life with the same confidence. He's not only read your story...he wrote it.