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Imagination is strong in a man when that particular function of the brain which enables him to observe is roused to activity without any necessary… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and experience, and it's very limited in what it can do… — Bill Moyers
What a recovery of the wisdom of the Mother brings to all of us is the knowledge of inseparable connection with the entire creation and… — Andrew Harvey
Coming into contact with the Mother is coming into contact with a force of passionate and active compassion in every area and dimension of life,… — Andrew Harvey
An intelligent being, is the active principle of all things. One must have renounced all common sense to doubt it, and it is a waste… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It is all right for the lion and the lamb to lie down together if they are both asleep, but if one of them begins… — Crystal Eastman
Love is active and sincere, courageous, patient, faithful, prudent and manly. — Thomas a Kempis
Many dog owners believe that as much as 60 percent of their pet's brain is set aside solely to demonstrate applications of the verb "to… — Stanley Coren
The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters. — Ramana Maharshi
Our stay-put behavior reflects our view that the stock market serves as a relocation center at which money is moved from the active to the… — Warren Buffett
We continue to make more money when snoring than when active. — Warren Buffett
Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led astray, not that… — Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
Gardening is an active participation in The deepest mysteries of the universe. — Thomas Berry
Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good scientific work in plant morphology… — Stephen Jay Gould
If you want a television, you go out and work for it and you buy it. If you want to learn about Aztec pottery, you… — Andrew Harvey
The wealth of society is created by the workers, peasants and working intellectuals. If they take their destiny into their own hands, follow a Marxist-Leninist… — Mao Zedong
In fact, entertainment has taken the place of celebration in the present world. But entertainment is quite different from celebration; entertainment and celebration are never… — Rajneesh
All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in… — Mortimer Adler
...because there are no local or State boundaries to the problems of our environment, the Federal Government must play an active, positive role. We can… — Richard M. Nixon
Indexing is a successful approach to investing not because it's simple, but because it has performed so much better than the average active manager (the… — Patrick Geddes

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