(5 quotes found)
“He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.”
James Allen
“A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor”
Charles Reade
“The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles.”
William Osler
“On comparing the seed and the receptacle ,of the seed , the seed is declared to be more important, for the offspring of all created beings is marked by the characteristics of the seed.”
Guru Nanak
“And that's the world in a nutshell - an appropriate receptacle”
Stan Dunn
