Activity Quotes

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Thinking is the natural activity of the mind. Meditation is not about stopping your thoughts. Meditation is simply a process of resting the mind in… — Eric Swanson
In as much as Christ's mission was to bring all things into submission to God, and to restore not only humanity, but also the whole… — John Walford
Perhaps it would be a good idea, fantastic as it sounds, to muffle every telephone, halt every motor, and stop all activity someday to give… — James Adams
Unconditional gratitude is a powerful activity allowing ourselves to be grateful for whatever happens in our life. — Jesse D. Jennings
When you want a thing deeply, earnestly and intensely, this feeling of desire reinforces your will and arouses in you the determination to work for… — Grenville Kleiser
No business, no movement, no activity on the part of man or a group of men can become any greater than the thinking minds and… — Harvey Spencer Lewis
The real danger from advertising is that it helps to shatter and ultimately destroy our most precious non-material possessions: the confidence in the existence of… — Paul Sweezy
Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity. — Spiro Kostof
Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise — Alfred North Whitehead
The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing. — Alan Watts
Some cynical people think that every activity must revolve around the mighty dollar, and that anyone saying otherwise is just attempting to delude the public.… — John Carmack
The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man is the one… — Swami Vivekananda
The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may be a life long experience of… — Anna Garlin Spencer
They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make all their actions… — Samuel Johnson
When conscious activity is wholly concentrated on some one definite purpose, the ultimate result, for most people, is lack of balance accompanied by some form… — Bertrand Russell
Everything that exists is created first in the imagination, and secondly in reality, through activity. — Paul McCabe
The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their fields; children return… — Kenneth Bacon
Sex is not only a divine and beautiful activity; it's a murderous activity. People kill each other in bed. Some of the greatest crimes ever… — Norman Mailer
Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth — Leo Tolstoy
People involve themselves in countless activities which they consider to be important, but they forget about one activity which is more important and necessary than… — Leo Tolstoy

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