God is in the best, and also the worst. God is in the presence, and also in the absence. God is in the power, and also in the powerlessness.
– Rob Bell
Related Quotes:
- Courage is not the absence of fear. Hope is not the absence of trouble. Joy is not the absence of pain. Love is not the absence of obstacles. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- I’m fairly convinced that the Kingdom of God is for the broken-hearted. You write of ‘powerlessness.’ Join the club, we are not in control. God is. – Fred Rogers
- If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? – Harry Shearer
- Man is constantly being assured today that he has more power than ever before in history, but his daily experience is one of powerlessness. – Richard M Weaver
- Most theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of God. – Peter Kreeft
- God’s presence is not the same as the feeling of God’s presence and He may be doing most for us when we think He is doing least. – CS Lewis
- God is always present. We’re the ones who show up. – Rob Bell
- Peace and love is the absence of religion in the presence of God. – Alin Sav
- You have immense power–power to overcome, power to achieve, power to possess, and power to prosper, making you incredibly irresistible. – Anitra SheltonQuinn
- I take my food very seriously. Whenever I hear that bell, I know Mrs. Norris is hankerin’ for some spam. – Sandy Ward Bell
- The fundamental condition of childhood is powerlessness. – Jane Smiley
- their powerlessness, innocence, and imagination fused to enable them to turn time inside out, travel on the wind, and enter the souls of animals. – Mark Helprin
- It is in the interests of both sexes to hear the other sex’s experience of powerlessness. – Warren Farrell
- Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness. – Peter Singer
- The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves. – Frances Moore Lapp
- A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. – Margaret Atwood
- It is such a letdown to rise from the dead and have your friends not recognize you. – Rob Bell
- We are only as sick as our secrets. – Rob Bell
- I believe the discussion itself is divine. – Rob Bell
- Absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Absence makes the bloody ????? wander. ~ Heartbreak’s A Bitch! – SM Phillips
- Peace is not the absence of war but the absence of fear. – Ursula Franklin
- Peace is not the absence of war-”peace is the absence of fear. – Ursula Franklin
- Courage, I realised, was not the absence of fear: it was the absence of selfishness; putting someone else’s interest before one’s own. – Michelle Cohen Corasanti
- Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage. – Neal A Maxwell
- But the absence of tears wasn’t the same as an absence of feeling. – Lisa Kleypas
- The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence – Mantra
- Whoever thought up the phrase -˜Absence makes the heart grow founder’ was an idiot.Absence makes a bitch go crazy. -Elli, While Shea is Away – Toni Aleo
- It is not the presence of despair that ails you, but the absence of hope. – Saim Cheeda
- Your presence only truly matters to people who feel your absence. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Peace is not the absence of poverty But the presence of love for beauty – Debasish Mridha
- Peace is not the absence of agonyBut the presence of joy of harmony – Debasish Mridha
- Peace is not the absence of violence or war; it is the presence of kindness, compassion, love, and care. – Debasish Mridha
- Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the presence of tranquility and joy in the midst of chaos. – Debasish Mridha
- I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents. – Sherman Alexie
- Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens. – Frederick Buechner
- Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge. – Idries Shah
- You may not appreciate the presence of good health, but you will definitely regret the absence of good health, because health is happiness. – Amit Kalantri
- When your absence is felt, your presence is the essence and it makes a difference. – Michael Bassey Johnson
- when the presence is like thunderstorm , the absence prevail deep dark silence. – Upasana Banerjee
- True peace required the presence of justice, not just the absence of conflict. – NK Jemisin