In between war and passivity, there are a thousand…

War is by definition the indiscriminate killing of huge numbers of people for ends that are uncertain. Think about means and ends, and apply…

— Howard Zinn

You can't be neutral on a moving train.

— Howard Zinn

Once a depressed person becomes active and hopeful, self-esteem always improves. Bolstering self-esteem without changing hopelessness, without changing passivity, accomplishes nothing.

— Martin Seligman

People don't become inured to what they are shown - if that's the right way to describe what happens - because of the quantity…

— Susan Sontag

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and…

— John Dewey

Declare war on passivity. Hush the inner voice that insists you're over the hill, past your prime, unworthy of attaining those dreams. Disbelief is…

— J. C. Hutchins

“That requires as much power as a small radio transmitter--and rather similar skills to operate. For it's the application of the power, not its…

— Arthur C. Clarke

“Pursued by grace and supernatural power from God, I will passionately pursued my most cherished dreams.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The ordinary person senses the greatness of the odds against him even without thought or analysis, and he adapts his attitudes unconsciously. A huge…

— Marshall McLuhan

Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone else's perspective.

— Julia Cameron

It's a bit scary to see my book come true: the recent (if minor) LA earthquakes, Hurricane Sandy, the Boston bomber, and so on…

— Edan Lepucki

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the…

— Dorothy Thompson

People go to the movies instead of moving. Hollywood characters are supposed to have all the adventures for everybody in America, while everybody in…

— Tennessee Williams

The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience.

— W. H. Auden

The male dares to be different to the degree that he accepts his passivity and his desire to be female, his fagginess. The farthest…

— Valerie Solanas