I'm really interested in passivity as a type of action - sort of allowing the situation to change you, choosing to give in being an act of agency rather than an act of submission.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Agency is a divine gift to you. You are free to choose what you will be and what you will do.
Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow.
To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.
Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be a letter written to an editor.
Act so that the effects of your actions are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life.
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.
One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.
Anyone who has worked with me knows that I am extremely action-oriented. I'm all about making things happen.
Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.
Passivity is the same as defending injustice.