"The ultimate meaning of the active life is……" — Josef Pieper
"The ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation."
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29 Quotes by Josef Pieper
Josef Pieper has 29 quotes on this site.
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Surrender to sensuality paralyzes the powers of the moral person.
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Only the silent hear and those who do not remain silent do not hear.
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To be conscious of gratitude is to acknowledge a gift.
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Contemplation does not ignore the 'historical Gethsemane', does not ignore the mystery of evil, guilt and its bloody atonement. The…
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The common element in all the special forms of contemplation is the loving, yearning, affirming bent toward that happiness which…
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The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to…
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If in this supreme test, in face of which the braggart falls silent and every heroic gesture is paralyzed, a…
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Happiness and joy are not the same. For what does the fervent craving for joy mean? It does not mean…
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Happiness is essentially a gift; we are not the forgers of our own felicity.
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The delight we take in our senses is an implicit desire to know the ultimate reason for things, the highest…
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The brave man uses wrath for his own act, above all in attack, 'for it is peculiar to wrath to…
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If God really became incarnate, and if His Incarnation can with justice compel man to change his life,then we have…
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There are more active volcanoes beneath the sea than on land by two orders of magnitude.
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Science regards man as an aggregation of atoms temporarily united by a mysterious force called the life-principle. To the materialist,…
— Annie Besant
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The mental body, like the astral, varies much in different people; it is composed of coarser or of finer matter,…
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Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Active Evil is better than Passive Good.
— William Blake
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I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the…
— Andrea Bocelli
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The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he…
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As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers…
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Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide.
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Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still…
— Charlotte Bronte
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When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer…
— Jerry Brown
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We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our…
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