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“The agentive mind is not only active in nature, but it seeks out dialogue and discourse with other active minds. And it is through this dialogic, discursive process that we come to know the Other and his points of view, his stories. We learn an enormous amount not only about the world but about ourselves by discourse with Others.”

Knows World Mind Stories Process Views Amount Active Point Of View Enormous Dialogue Discourse Active Minds

Book:The Culture of Education

Source: The Culture of Education

“The person in peak-experiences feels himself, more than other times, to be the responsible, active, creating center of his activities and of his perceptions. He feels more like a prime-mover, more self-determined (rather than caused, determined, helpless, dependent, passive, weak, bossed). He feels himself to be his own boss, fully responsible, fully volitional, with more "free-will" than at other times, master of his fate, an agent.”

Source: Toward a Psychology of Being

“Kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world there existed a brotherly feeling that kept the Lakota safe among them. And so close did some of the Lakotas come to their feathered and furred friends that in true brotherhood they spoke a common tongue.”

Source: Land of the Spotted Eagle

“I think it's interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It's being receptive.”

Thinking Interesting Yoga Opposites Active Passive Receptive

Author:Cyndi Lee

“We prove God by showing active faith, which puts to flight all adverse appearances”

Prove Appearance Active Flight Adverse

Book:The Complete Collection (with the book

Source: The Complete Collection (with the book

“The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.”

Heart Christian Religious Comfort Mouths Active Christian Inspirational Lazy Complaints Great Christian

Book:Heaven On Earth

Source: Heaven On Earth

“DMT is a reliable method for crossing in to a dimension that human beings have debated the existence of for 50.000 years. Is there an invisible nearby world inhabited by active intelligences with which human beings can communicate? You bet. And if you don't think so, then tell me you don't think so after you've smoked 75mg DMT. Otherwise we just don't have anything to talk about.”

Ifs Thinking World Years Humans Human Beings Existence Method Communicate Active Invisible Dimensions Crossings Dmt

Author:Terence McKenna

“But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs swifter than death. And now I, being slow and aged, am overtaken by the slower of the two; but my accusers, being strong and active, have been overtaken by the swifter, wickedness. And now I depart, condemned by you to death; but they condemned by truth, as guilty of iniquity and injustice: and I abide my sentence, and so do they. These things, perhaps, ought so to be, and I think that they are for the best.”

Thinking Has Beens Two Running Strong Difficult Ought Injustice Active Sentences Guilty Wickedness Depravity Iniquity Accusers Athenians

Book:Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates

Source: Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates

“I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.”

Process Healing Needed Active Cures

Book:Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence

Source: Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence

“Though we be active in the battle, if we are not fighting where the battle is the hottest, we are traitors to the cause.”

Ifs Fighting Causes Battle Active Traitor Hottest

Author:Martin Luther

“I haven't been very active in politics.”

Havens Active

Author:Clint Eastwood

“In a sense, knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows, for details are swallowed up in principles. The details for knowledge which are important, will be picked up ad hoc in each avocation of life, but the habit of the active utilization of well-understood principles is the final possession of WISDOM.”

Wells Important Grows Principles Habit Understood Finals Details Possession Active Ads Shrinks Utilization

Book:Aims of Education

Source: Aims of Education

“Your protagonist is your reader’s portal into the story. The more observant he or she can be, the more vivid will be the world you’re creating. They don’t have to be super-educated, they just have to be mentally active. Keep them looking, thinking, wondering, remembering.”

Thinking World Stories Remember Wonder Reader Creating Active Educated Vivid Protagonists Portal Observant

Author:Janet Fitch

“The battle against the Devil, which is the principal task of Saint Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today, because the Devil is still alive and active in the world.”

World Stills Today Alive Battle Devil Tasks Saint Active Principal Archangel

Author:Pope John Paul II

“The greatest contribution jazz has made in music has been to replace the role of the conductor with a member of the ensemble who, instead of waving his arms to keep time and convey mood, is an active member of the musical statement. That person is the drummer.”

Persons Has Beens Made Roles Arms Members Jazz Musical Active Mood Statements Contribution Drummer Conductor Ensemble

Author:Elvin Jones

“The secret to changing your life is in your intentions. Wishing, hoping and goal setting cannot accomplish change without intention. What is needed is a shift from the inert energy of wanting to the active energy of doing and intention.”

Life Is Energy Wish Goal Secret Needed Intention Accomplish Active Setting Settings Changing Your Life Setting Goals

Author:Wayne Dyer

“Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places.”

Thinking Body Students Elements Active Features Berkeley

Author:John Searle

“For me an adventure is something that I can take an active part in but that I don't have total control over.”

I Can Adventure Active Climbing

Author:Peter Croft

“Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.”

Doe Happens Peace Active Passive Appeasement

Author:Hubert H. Humphrey

“In putting images together I become active, and excitement is of another order - synthesis overshadows analysis.”

Together Order Photographer Active Analysis Excitement Synthesis

Author:Minor White

“If Jesus Christ is the head of the church and hence the source and goal of its entire life, true growth is only possible in obedience to Him. Conversely, if the church becomes detached from Jesus Christ and His Word, it cannot grow however active and successful it may seem to be.”

Ifs May Seems Jesus Grows Goal Growth Christ Church Successful Source Jesus Christ Active Obedience Detached True Life

Book:Dining with the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts with Modernity

Source: Dining with the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts with Modernity

“My birth experience is not right for everyone, but it was so right for me. I am changed because of that experience, i saw my power and I felt my power, and it's gotten me through a lot of hardship. I tell myself that if i could get through that, I can get through anything. I think women are losing an opportunity by not aspiring to have births in which they are active participants.”

Ifs Thinking I Can Opportunity Felt Saws Changed Birth Losing Active If I Could Hardship Participants

Author:Ricki Lake

“Heroes are Ordinary People whose social action is Extra-Ordinary/ who ACT when others are passive, who give up EGO-centrism for SOCIO-centrism.”

People Giving Action Social Society Hero Ego Giving Up Ordinary Extraordinary Active Extras Passive Ordinary People Egocentric Social Action Service And Sacrifice

Author:Philip Zimbardo

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”

Inspirational Feelings Motivational Sports Trouble Fields Baseball Adversity Perseverance Athlete Active Things To Do Motivational Sports Swings Motto Inspirational Sports Tough Times Keep Trying Famous Baseball Baseball Games Motivational Inspirational Sports Great Sports Fitness Motivational My Motto Athlete Motivational Inspirational Football Great Baseball Short Sports Determination Perseverance Short Inspirational Sports Greatest Sports Perseverance And Determination Short Motivational Sports Inspirational Athlete Sports Football Great Inspirational Sports Inspirational Baseball Great Motivational Sports Football Motivation Feeling Bad Motivational Baseball Slumps Greatest Athlete Baseball Life Baseball And Life Mlb Popular Sports Inspirational Winning Greatest Baseball Funny Inspirational Sports Young Athletes Sports Spirit Coaches And Athletes Winning Football Inspirational Softball Winning Inspirational Baseball Field Motivational Softball Sportsman Spirit Softball Player Personal Motto

Author:Hank Aaron

“Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for many years here, especially through the local staff and international staff here in Somaliland and in Somalia at large.”

Years Has Beens International Active Locals Recognition Agency Staff Great Work Somalia

Author:Jan Egeland

“Even when your body does nothing, sin can be active in your mind. When your soul inwardly repulses the evil one's attack by means of prayer, attention, remembrance of death, godly sorrow and mourning the body, too, takes its share of holiness, having acquired freedom from evil actions. This is what the Lord meant by saying that someone who cleans the outside of the cup has not cleansed it inside, but clean the inside and the whole cup will be clean”

Source: The homilies

“...although divided in His various powers and energies, in each of His works the Holy Spirit is wholly present and active, undividedly divided, partaken of while remaining complete, like the sun's ray.”

Christian Spirit Energy Sun Holy Various Active Holy Spirit Orthodox Divided Rays Orthodox Christian

Author:Gregory Palamas

“Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones.”

Community Church Love You Brother Stones Dear Missions Active Cells Brothers And Sisters Dear Brother

Book:The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis

Source: The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis

“The Holy Spirit, in the variety of his gifts, unites us and enables us to contribute to the building up of the Church in holiness. In this great work, each of us has a part to play; each of us, as a "living stone", is needed for the growth and the beauty of God's holy temple. Let us ask the Lord to help us to take an ever more active part in the Church's life and mission, guided by the Holy Spirit and with Jesus as our cornerstone.”

Play Helping Spirit Asks Jesus Growth Church Lord Building Needed Holy Stones Missions Active Variety Holy Spirit Holiness Temples Great Work Cornerstones Building Up

Author:Pope Francis

“On one level, life is effervescent and active. On another level, it is absolutely still. The inner stillness nourishes the outer activity.”

Love Life Stills Life Is Levels Meditation Activity Active Love Life Stillness

Author:Jaggi Vasudev

“The simple record of these three short years of active life has done more to regenerate and soften mankind than all the discourses of philosophers and all the exhortations of moralists.”

Years Done Three Simple Records Mankind Bible Philosopher Active Discourse Moralist Active Life

Author:William Edward Hartpole Lecky

“Blissfulness does not compel you to behave in any particular way. Out of bliss, I can laugh or cry; I can sit quietly or be active in the world.”

World Way Doe I Can Spiritual Humanity Laughing Cry Particular Morality Active Behave Bliss

Author:Jaggi Vasudev

“We shall be better, braver, and more active if we believe it right to look for what we don't know.”

Ifs Knows Believe Looks Active

Author:Socrates

“God is the ever active providence, by whose power systems after systems are being evolved out of chaos, made to run for a time and again destroyed.”

Made Running Chaos Active Destroyed Providence

Book:Chicago Addresses

Source: Chicago Addresses

“Get informed. Get outraged. Get inspired. Get active.”

Inspired Active Outraged

Author:Anita Roddick

“Do we open ourselves to the Holy Spirit, so as to be an active part of our communities, or do we close in on ourselves, saying 'I have so many things to do, that's not my job'?”

Jobs Spirit Community Holy Active Things To Do Holy Spirit Our Community

Author:Pope Francis

“Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.”

Children Shows Home Father Parent Study Remains Active Outcomes Supportive Divorced Divorced Parents

Author:Larry Elder

“To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.”

Easy Active Dull

Author:B.K.S. Iyengar

“Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's not 'I love you' for this or that reason, not 'I love you if you love me.' It's love for no reason, love without an object.”

Ifs States Reason Emotion Love You Objects Active No Reason Unconditional Love Unconditional I Love You I Loved You If You Love Me Tell Me You Love Me

Book:Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart

Source: Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart

“Finding a master of the dark art of ninjutsu in modern westernized Japan seems as unlikely as finding an active practitioner of the magic of Merlin in contemporary industrialized England.”

Art Seems Dark Magic Modern Masters Findings England Active Contemporary Japan Unlikely Dark Art

Book:The Ninja and Their Secret Fighting Art

Source: The Ninja and Their Secret Fighting Art

“I smoked marijuana for 50 yearsIt opened my mind to a lot of things, and now its active ingredient, THC, relaxes me and eases my arthritis pain. I've concluded that marijuana should be legal”

Should Mind Pain Active Ease Relax Ingredients Marijuana Arthritis

Author:James Garner

“I love working and I love doing lots of things and a variety of things. It keeps your mind active...and you don't end up worrying about just the one thing. When I chew things over or analyze too much, that is when I can trip myself up.”

Mind I Can Ends Worry Too Much One Thing Active Variety

Author:Sally Hawkins

“I've made so many people angry that they kind of blur into one unpleasant memory of people staring at you with somewhere between passive aggression and active aggression.”

People Kind Made Memories Angry Active Staring Aggression Passive Blur Staring At You

Author:John Oliver

“Most of the people I know who work out seriously do so because they have such an amazing outlook on life. To be who I want to be, I'm going to work out to be more positive, more active. It's proactive.”

People Knows Want Work Out Active Outlook Going To Work Proactive Outlook On Life

Author:John Krasinski

“Every time I step in front of a camera I feel young again. I really do. It keeps your mind active and it keeps you going.”

Feels Mind Young Steps Fronts Cameras Active

Author:Ernest Borgnine

“My family was always active, and our thing was family walks. Not walks around the block, but more like eight-mile hikes up mountains.”

Walks Mountain My Family Eight Active Miles Block

Author:Mika Brzezinski

“Good Viking genes, being vegetarian and having rowdy dogs and kids definitely keep me in shape. Not eating meat gives me the energy I need to keep up with work, family and travel - I'm very active.”

Needs Giving Kids Energy Dog Shapes Eating Give Me Active Meat Vegetarian Genes Vikings Eating Meat Rowdy Work Family

Author:Pamela Anderson

“Without individuals feeling safe and having an environment of safety, they then have reluctance of taking part in the city of being active. They wind up wanting to leave the city. Thats more detrimental.”

Feelings Individual Cities Environment Wind Safe Safety Active Reluctance Detrimental

Author:Dick Powell

“What I worry about is working in this serial medium, where people are talking about your stories before they're done, we have this instant feedback loop now. I'm very active on Tumblr and I have a very active engagement with readers and I love it, but I don't want to start writing to try to please someone else. I don't want my meter to get skewed.”

People Want Writing Trying Done Stories Talking Worry Reader Please Active Mediums Instant Engagement Comic Book Feedback Meter Serials Loops

Author:Kelly Sue DeConnick

“Well, "slithy" means "lithe and slimy." "Lithe" is the same as "active." You see it's like a portmanteau - there are two meanings packed up into one word.”

Wells Mean Two Active One Word Through The Looking Glass Two Meaning

Author:Lewis Carroll

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