Quotes About Passivity

Whether we choose it or not, almost all expressions of church in the West are implicitly vulnerable to nondiscipleship, professionalized ministry, spiritual passivity, and consumerism. The problem is rooted in the profoundly nonmissional assumptions of the system itself.

One feels in fact, when talking to him, that one is dealing, not with the man himself, but with slogans, catchwords, and the like, which have taken hold of him. He is under a spell, he is blinded, his very nature is being misused and exploited. Having thus become a passive instrument, the fool will be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil.

You do nothing, it becomes approval.

supine neglect

Nobody has the energy to care anymore. We're all just counting down, passing time. Everyone knows where they're going, and the right now already feels like it's in the rearview.

Second, we should not allow the doctrine of God's sovereignty to cause us to respond passively to the actions of other people that affect us. We should take all reasonable steps within the will of God to protect and advance our situation.

The desirable virgin is sexy but not sexual. She's young, white, and skinny. She's a cheerleader, a babysitter; she's accessible and eager to please (remember those ethics of passivity!). She's never a woman of color. SHe's never a low-income girl or a fat girl. She's never disabled. "Virgin" is a designation for those who meet a certain standard of what women, especially young women, are supposed to look like. As for how these young women are supposed to act? A blank slate is best.

Will is based on activity, whim on passivity.

At?l, hareketsiz duran yaÅŸam ölmeye eÄŸilimlidir; eÄŸer at?ll?k eksiksizse, ölüm gerçekleÅŸmiÅŸ demektir.

FaÅŸizm ve benzeri hareketler (ki, bunlar?n isimlerini onlar ortaya ç?k?p geliÅŸtikten sonra koyar?z ) ancak, hem ferdi ve hem de toplumsal hayat? etkileyen kararlar? verme noktas?nda yayg?n bir pasifliÄŸin olduÄŸu ve insanlar?n kat?l?mc? olmad??? toplumlarda yeÅŸerirler. (Hayat? Sevmek)

But it was true that I preferred to do nothing.

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.

I was never one for just sitting in front of the telly.

She lay dying, wrapped in invisible robes of martyrdom, presenting her helplessness and passivity to him like adornments, and his dominant feeling was distaste.

Wishy-Washy Wimps cannot handle confrontation. They see themselves as victims, so they never want to make waves or cause any trouble. Seeking comfort, they crawl into the woodwork of life. T

They Want You To Be A Docile Apathetic Consumer

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.

They're well off; they're safe; they're never ill; they're not afraid of death; they're blissfully ignorant of passion and old age; they're plagued with no mothers or fathers; they've got no wives, or children, or lovers to feel strongly about; they're so conditioned that they practically can't help behaving as they ought to behave.

This state of 'no-mind' exists, as it were, on a knife-edge between the carelessness of the average sensual man and the strained over-eagerness of the zealot for salvation. To achieve it, one must walk delicately and, to maintain it, must learn to combine the most intense alertness with a tranquil and self-denying passivity, the most indomitable determination with a perfect submission to the leadings of the spirit.

I have no will, unless it be the will never to decide. I have been so overwhelmed by the many storms that have broken over my head, that I am become passive in the hands of the Almighty, like a sparrow in the talons of an eagle. I live, because it is not ordained for me to die.

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it.

We cannot withdraw our cards from the game. Were we as silent and mute as stones, our very passivity would be an act.

I have zero interest in sports of any kind - professional, college or international.