Quotes about Activity

If thou could'st empty all thyself of self Like to a shell dishabited Then might He find thee on the ocean shelf And say This is not dead and fill thee with Himself instead. But thou art all replete with very thou And hast such shrewd activity That when He comes He says This is enow Unto itself - 'twere better let it be It is so small and full there is no room for me.

Active happiness is not a common state. Active unhappiness is better than dull days. Katherine was seldom in an intermediate stage.

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

Don't think you can relax yourself to happiness. Happiness comes as a result of doing.

If happiness, then, is activity expressing virtue, it is reasonable for it to express the supreme virtue, which will be the virtueof the best thing.

The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best.

Dreaming is not merely an act of communication; it is also an aesthetic activity, a game of the imagination, a game that is a value in itself.

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a man's property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

Any action is better than no action at all.

Addiction is bondage to the rule of a substance, activity, or state of mind, which then becomes the center of life, defending itself from the truth so that even bad consequences don't bring repentance, and leading to further estrangement from God.

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.

The human art form is in uniting fruitful activity with a contemplative stance—not one or the other, but always both at the same time.