Activities Quotes

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Our lives are lived in intense and anxious struggle, in a swirl of speed and aggression, in competing, grasping, possessing and achieving, forever burdening ourselves… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness: the one which… — Matthieu Ricard
When you let intution have its way with you, you open up new levels of the world. Such opening-up is the most practical of all… — Evelyn Underhill
A spiritual man should be a normal man, a sound man. God Himself is normal; He is not insane. In order to reach God, a… — Sri Chinmoy
Science emerges from the other progressive activities of man to the extent that new concepts arise from experiments and observations, and that the new concepts… — James Bryant Conant
In the vast cosmical changes, the universal life comes and goes in unknown quantities ... sowing an animalcule here, crumbling a star there, oscillating and… — Victor Hugo
The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error. But science is… — Karl Popper
Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.… — John F. Kennedy
One who fears failure limits his activities. — Henry Ford
Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored; there must be something else I want to be doing... boredom… — Hugh Prather
Humans do not engage in activities that are meaningless. If you think you see people doing things you find meaningless, look again and try to… — Henry Jenkins
What one thing could you do in your personal and professional life that, if you did on a regular basis, would make a tremendous positive… — Stephen Covey
Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion - the technique… — Milton Friedman
The state is essentially an apparatus of compulsion and coercion. The characteristic feature of its activities is to compel people through the application or the… — Ludwig von Mises
Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar. — Mark Twain
All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win… — Spiro T. Agnew
Though we cannot understand "the meaning of all things," we do "know that God loveth his children" because He has said, "Behold, this is my… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The state machine, including the army, the police and the courts, is the instrument with which one class oppresses another. It is an instrument of… — Mao Zedong
I work, and then whenever I have any other time, I'm with my daughter, and then I go to sleep. I think you basically have… — Tina Fey

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