"To an active mind, indolence is more painful…" — Edward Gibbon

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• There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude. — Robert Ballard
• Science regards man as an aggregation of atoms temporarily united by a mysterious force called the life-principle. To the materialist,… — Annie Besant
• The mental body, like the astral, varies much in different people; it is composed of coarser or of finer matter,… — Annie Besant
• Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed… — Ambrose Bierce
• Active Evil is better than Passive Good. — William Blake
• I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the… — Andrea Bocelli
• The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he… — Daniel J. Boorstin
• As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers… — Allen Boyd
• Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
• Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still… — Charlotte Bronte
• When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer… — Jerry Brown
• We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our… — Les Brown

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