Quotes about Activity

Nothing is more bothersome to me than retiring. Weird things happen when you disengage; first you get negative, then you start telling people about your latest surgeries, and eventually you lose touch. I want to stay in touch.

Whether one welcomes or deplores it, nothing is more surely and exactly characteristic of modern times than the irresistible invasion of the human world by technology. Mechanism invading like a tide all the places of the earth and all forms of social activity.

I couldn't just sit there and meditate all morning - that's not really my thing. It's not good for me to give my brain too much space to think.

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

taking care of the tasks of life. We know we have found our balance when we are so deeply rooted in God that our activity is marked by the peaceful, joyful, rich quality of our contemplation.

I was engaged in more activity for God than my being with God could sustain.

We stop on Sabbaths because God is on the throne, assuring us the world will not fall apart if we cease our activities.

Energy begets energy.

I have my friends. Somebody spoke to me only yesterday. And was it last week or the week before that Rabbit bumped into me and said 'Bother!' The Social Round. Always something going on.

For whatever sets in motion societal activity originates in the intimate communal living of families in the same village or hamlet, in the same region or country.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.