„Meditation is a state of mind in which the operation and exercise of will is not.“

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

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„He that in his Studies wholly applies himself to Labour and Exercise, and neglects Meditation, loses his time: And he that only applies himself to Meditation, and neglects Labour and Exercise, does only wander and lose himself.“
— Confucius
„That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason.“
— Zeno of Citium
„Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.“
— Swami Vivekananda
„Exercise is the technique by which one imposes on the body tasks that are both repetitive and different, but always graduated. By bending behavior towards a terminal state, exercise makes possible a perpetual characterization of the individual…It thus assures, in the form of continuity and constraint, a growth, an observation, a qualification.“
— Michel Foucault