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> [The passive acceptance of exclusionary words and deeds is not okay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-sacca/the-passive-acceptance-of-exclusionary-words-and-deeds-is-not-okay/)

[Chris Sacca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-sacca/)

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> [“Even the novice alone can see quickly that a life conducted, temporarily or no, as a simple renunciation of value becomes at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/even-the-novice-alone-can-see-quickly-that-a-life-conducted/)

[David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/)

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> [Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/passive-acceptance-of-the-teacher-s-wisdom-is-easy-to-most-boys-and/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/human-material-seems-to-have-one-major-defect-it-does-not-like-to-be/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

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> [“Humility is a passive acceptance of the process of life; love is an active participation in that process.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/th-un-mares/humility-is-a-passive-acceptance-of-the-process-of-life-love-is-an/)

[Théun Mares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/th-un-mares/)

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