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«The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. If he loves, it is not to give himself, to blend in fecund union with another being, but to meditate on his love. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are dissipated in futile imaginings, producing nothing external to themselves.»
«There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion»
«Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.»
«There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love.»
«There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.»
«Philosophy is not a theory but an activity»
Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein | About: Philosophy | Keywords: activity
«People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.»
«Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.»
«Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow»
«The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity»

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