For every gain in deep certitude there is a corresponding growth of superficial "doubt." This doubt is by no means opposed to… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
You're always feeling powerless in life. If you're in an abusive relationship or working for what we call a psychotic boss sometimes… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
All observers not laboring under hallucinations of the senses are agreed, or can be made to agree, about facts of sensible experience,… — Chauncey Wright Copy Share Image
When the mind is in a passive and receptive state, absolutely still and in silence, the Essence or Buddhata is liberated from… — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
“Always these arrangements! Always one's life arranged for one! Wheels that worked one and drove one, and over which one had no… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I`ve never been a passive political supporter. My grandmother, Betty Kleitz , god bless her soul, was from Tuskegee, Alabama, took parts… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Is the noble Lord aware that, at the age of 80, there are very few pleasures left to me, but one of… — Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington Copy Share Image
I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. Recording the man shaving at the window opposite and… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
I think it's interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It's being receptive. — Cyndi Lee Copy Share Image
Undeniably, the audience for improvisation, good or bad, active or passive, sympathetic or hostile, has a power that no other audience has.… — Derek Bailey Copy Share Image
Those who are repeatedly passive in the face of injustice soon find their character corroded. — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
I'm often wary of using the word 'inspiration' to introduce my work -- it sounds too much like a sun shower from… — Shaun Tan Copy Share Image
I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot. See, I just said I need to be quiet, but that's… — Natalie Maines Copy Share Image
Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive.… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A model wears clothes and looks good, which is very passive. It's not like a musician promoting a new album. You don't… — Peter Andre Copy Share Image
What is envy? It is nothing but passive jealousy. Maybe jealousy is too strong a phenomenon; envy is a little passive. The… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In the great battle of life, no brilliancy of intellect, no perfection of bodily development, will count when weighed in the balance… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“The goal of comfort is at the self-same time the abandonment of great accomplishments.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[Footnote:] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results. — Orrin Woodward Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of solar-heat systems: passive systems collect the sunlight that hits your home, and active systems collect the sunlight… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Having a passive personality, is a soft way to live a dead life.” — Omar EL KADMIRI Copy Share Image