Passively Quotes

78 quotes by 71 authors

To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The teacher "teaches" and the students "sit and listen" or learn passively. — Joseph Barrell
Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough… — George Carlin
Passively accepting your sadness is the same as forgetting to build your own happiness. Happiness is more than a mood. It's a long-lasting state that… — Deepak Chopra
The real is near, you do not have to seek it; and a man who seeks truth will never find it. Truth is in what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively. — Anatoly Karpov
To say a grid is limiting is to say that language is limiting, or typography is limiting. It is up to us to use these… — Ellen Lupton
A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Vagabonding is about refusing to exile travel to some other, seemingly more appropriate, time of your life. Vagabonding is about taking control of your circumstances… — Rolf Potts
I would rather die fighting for what is right, than live passively amidst all that is wrong. — Suzy Kassem
Whether in the workplace or in personal relationships, success belongs to those who are willing to take responsibility for attaining their desires-those who respond to… — Nathaniel Branden
It's difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of the people ever really get the word about life, about… — Earl Nightingale
Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic. It is not idly, passively waiting and hoping for some good thing to happen. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Is it better to work out consciously and critically one's own conception of the world and thus, in connection with the labours of one's own… — Antonio Gramsci
Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of any relaitonship is your responsibility. You do not have to passively accept what is brought to you. You can… — Deborah
We were taught never to give up, never to passively accept fate, but to exhaust every last ounce of will and hope in the face… — Edward Kennedy
For most men, time moves slowly, oh so slowly, they don't even realize it. But time has revealed itself to me in a very special… — Barnabas
Not actively surviving is passively dying. — Ori Hofmekler
There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up....… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are more ideas on earth than intellectuals imagine. And these ideas are more active, stronger, more resistant, more passionate than politicians think. We have… — Michel Foucault

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