Active Quotes
Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion only one dress and one path, and is always at a disadvantage.
Jesus was the most active resister known to history. His was nonviolence par excellence.
But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count.
It takes being an active participant in your life. But you are in the driver's seat, and you can determine the direction you want tomorrow to go in.
Modern man believes he is fruitful and productive when his ego is aggressively affirmed, when he is visibly active, and when his action produces obvious results.
It is not possible that you could ever find yourself anywhere where God was not fully present, fully active, able and willing to set you free.
Note this, I beseech you: in active obedience we worship God by doing what pleases God, but by passive obedience we do as well worship God by being pleased with what God does.
A pain free, active lifestyle is not only possible, but it is the way you should expect to feel and live, no matter your age, no matter your previous experience.
Activity does not necessarily mean life. Quasars are active. And a monk meditating is not inanimate.
There is not a thought that is being thought in the West or the East that is not active in some Indian mind
Socrates had no system to teach. Throughout, his philosophy was a spiritual exercise, an invitation to a new way of life, active reflection, and living consciousness.
Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.
Toddlers are active explorers. They eagerly try new things and use materials in different ways. Toddlers want to be independent and they have a strong sense of ownership.
While doing work if the mind continues to be active let it be so, but there must be at the same time a capacity for silence.
Most active mutual funds are more interested in collecting fees than in boosting returns for investors.
Philosophy is not in a state of external reflection on other domains, but in a state of active and internal alliance with them, and it is neither more abstract nor more difficult.
Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.
This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.
Prayer is the greatest of all forces, because it honors God and brings him into active aid.
From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress - I never dreamed I'd have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was.
Without knowledge and understanding, one tends to become a passive spectator rather than an active participant in the great decisions of our time.
There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.
although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands are the devil's workshop.
No one can be free unless he is independent. Therefore, the first active manifestations of the child's individual liberty must be so guided that through this activity he may arrive at independence.
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive.
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.
Few men have led a more active life - bodily or mentally - from a constitutional anxiety for regularity, precision, and order, during fifty years' business career, from which I had retired.
We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
You cannot be too active as regards your own efforts; you cannot be too dependent as regards Divine grace. Do every thing as if God did nothing; depend upon God as if He did everything.
Give us something else; give us something new; for Heaven's sake give us something bad, so long as we feel we are alive and active and not just passive admirers of tradition!
Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
I am calmly active, actively calm. I am the prince of peace sitting on a throne of poise, directing the kingdom of my activity.
I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful life. And I don't believe that my heart disease changed me for the worst.
Studies have shown that people who are physically active sleep better than those who are sedentary. The more energy you expend during the day, the sleepier you will feel at bedtime.
The various reasons which we have enumerated lead us to believe that the new radio-active substance contains a new element which we propose to give the name of radium.
I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That's the important thing.
Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another.
A man, if he be active and energetic, can hardly fail also, be he never so selfish, of benefiting the general public interest.
