“Passivity, like the passivity of India induced by religion, is destructive both to human life and to art.”
The Novel of the Future (1969)
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“Life is a creative endeavor. It is active, not passive.”
Blessings (1998)
Context: Life is a creative endeavor. It is active, not passive. We are the yeast that leavens our lives into rich, fully baked loaves. When we experience our lives as flat and lackluster, it is our consciousness that is at fault. We hold the inner key that turns our lives from thankless to fruitful. That key is "Blessing."

“Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human.”
Going Too Far: The Personal Chronicle of a Feminist (1977). New York: Random House. ISBN 0394482271. (1978 ed, ISBN 039472612X.), p 70. (possibly also published as Going Too Far: The Personal Documents of a Feminist) ("there is no 'too far,'" id., p. 8, "Introduction: Rights of Passage")
Source: The Sadeian Woman: And the Ideology of Pornography

The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress (1905-1906), Vol. II, Reason in Society