We have opted for petty determinisms - childhood trauma, genetic inheritance, social conditioning, etc. - that have made us comparatively passive. We… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Taste is the intermediate faculty which connects the active with the passive powers of our nature, the intellect with the senses; and… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
I know the celestial criteria measure service, not status; the use of our talents, not the relative size of our talent inventories.… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
In contrast to the knowledge that keeps man in a passive quietude, Desire dis-quiets him and moves him to action. Born of… — Alexandre Kojeve Copy Share Image
In my view, a philanthropist is anyone who gives anything - time, money, experience, skills or networks - in any amount, to… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
Residual income is passive income that comes in every month whether you show up or not. It’s when you no longer get… — Steve Fisher Copy Share Image
It is natural that we face obstacles in pursuit of our goals. But if we remain passive, making no effort to solve… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Listening is an activity. It's not passive. We are creating the world by listening all the time. — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
Using the passive voice is always very helpful. Mind you, a lot of that propaganda English emanates from here. The British establishment… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
“Pushing your limits is what allows you to grow stronger, so if you find yourself feeling passive, it can make sense to… — Max McKeown Copy Share Image
There'd been studies over the years supporting the proposition that groups composed exclusively of women usually made intelligent decisions, that exclusively male… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Men of genius supply the substance of history, while the mass of men are but the critical filter, the limiting, slackening, passive… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
The Web, the great time-killer that had replaced conspicuously passive television with its seductive illusion of productivity. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
I think leaders are incapable of the strength that passive resistance entails. — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
There is, of course, no joy so great as the cessation of pain; in fact all joy, active or passive, is the… — Ada Leverson Copy Share Image
Come from a place of love. Love isn't passive or shy. It's actually the most powerful energy in the universe. — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
Hatred is active displeasure, envy passive. We need not wonder that envy turns to soon to hatred. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I lived in Chicago for a few years and got a sense of - kind of that broad-shouldered, windy, um, stern, Midwestern,… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
