"Active Evil is better than Passive Good."
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"After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive."
"Let us open our leaves like a flower, and be passive and receptive."
"Obervation is a passive science, experimentation is an active science."
"Awareness isn't passive. It directly leads to action (or inaction)."
"Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you--it's a wall that an active you runs up against."
"If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies and the world."
"I'd rather have the market tell us what - I'd rather have events precipitate events, rather than just sit there like passive people in Washington."
"Passiveness affects everything. It affects you on the bases and on defense. It affects your thinking. I can't be passive."