Activity Quotes

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The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are… — Emile Durkheim
Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of false claims. Not… — Stephen Jay Gould
But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be… — Nikola Tesla
Never confuse activity with productivity. — Rick Warren
It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder… — Stephen Covey
Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity — Barney Kessel
But to change all existence into a flow experience, it is not sufficient to learn merely how to control moment-by-moment states of consciousness. It is… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Most of us become so rigidly fixed in the ruts carved out by genetic programming and social conditioning that we ignore the options of choosing… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I say that a Christian congregation can survive and often appear to prosper in the community by the exercise of human talent and without any… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Achieving the summit of a mountain was tangible, immutable, concrete. The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose that was sorely missing from… — Jon Krakauer
For us the mountains had been a natural field of activity where, playing on the frontiers of life and death, we had found the freedom… — Maurice Herzog
Architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is… — Thom Mayne
We usually do not look into what is really there in front of us. We see life through a screen of thoughts and concepts, and… — Henepola Gunaratana
Girls will get together just to get together. Guys need an activity as an excuse. Otherwise itâ€™s too homo for them to handle. — Megan McCafferty
If relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and those who claim to be the bearers of objective immortal truth, then there is nothing more relativistic… — Benito Mussolini
My experience as a school nurse taught me that we need to make a concerted effort, all of us, to increase physical fitness activity among… — Lois Capps
I'm looking for activity. I put players in and take them out based on effort and defense, not making or missing shots — Doc Rivers
Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise. "Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity is… — Alfred North Whitehead
I will be calmly active, actively calm. I am a prince of peace, sitting on the throne of poise, directing the kingdom of my activity. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Political economy has disapproved equally of monopoly and communism in the various branches of human activity, wherever it has found them. Is it not then… — Gustave de Molinari

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