To renounce active life in the world rather than one's own…

Those... who find delight in freedom from attachment in the renunciation of clinging, free from the inflow of thoughts, they are like shining lights,…

— Gautama Buddha

“Cling to the One who clings to nothing; And so clinging, cease to cling.”

— Tiruvalluvar

You know, Monsieur, that, although the contemplative life is more perfect than the active life, it is not, however, more so than one which…

— Vincent de Paul

The anorexic is the fuse nakedly exposed to the direct power of modern media, a psyche whose wiring has no insulation. The anorexic is…

— Kenny Smith

“An active life serves the purpose of giving man the opportunity to realize values in creative work, while a passive life of enjoyment affords…

— Viktor E. Frankl

Judaism is not a passive religion, but an active life factor which has coalesced with the national consciousness into one organic whole. It is…

— Moses Hess

“Donald Watson, who founded The Vegan Society in 1944 and who lived a healthy, active life until passing on in 2005, maintained that dairy…

— GaryLFrancione

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life…

— Alice Walker

In the active life all the vices are first of all to be removed by the practice of good works, so that in the…

— Isidore of Seville

I'm lucky enough to lead a very active life, so I'm always on the go.

— Blake Lively

Society is the true sphere of human virtue. In social, active life, difficulties will perpetually be met with; restraints of many kinds will be…

— Elizabeth Carter

We're encouraged by the engagement on ClassPass and the tremendous growth we've had that shows we are fulfilling our mission of helping people live…

— Payal Kadakia

Our most emotionally active life is lived in our dreams, and our cells renew themselves most industriously in sleep. We reach highest in meditation,…

— Leonard Bernstein

An impression which simply flows in at the pupil's eyes or ears and in no way modifies his active life, is an impression gone…

— William James

“In his own way each man must struggle, lest the moral law become a far-off abstraction utterly separated from his active life.”

— Jane Addams