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Perpetual type of the quietist, the moderate man, he censured the errors of the Church with discrimination and gentleness, as if Borgianism had not been too long rampant at Rome, as if men's minds throughout Christendom were not too deeply stirred to be satisfied with mild rebukes against sin, especially when the mild rebuker was in receipt of livings and salaries from the sinner.

—The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 02: Introduction II

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One who believes in or practises quietism: applied especially [capitalized] to a body of mystics (followers of Molinos, a Spanish priest) in the latter part of the seventeenth century. Somewhat similar views were held by the Euchites, Beghards, Beguines, Hesychasts, Brethren of the Free Spirit, and others of less note. The best persons have always held it to be the essence of religion that the paramount duty of man upon earth is to amend himself; but all except monkish quietists have annexed to this the additional duty of amending the world, and not solely the human part of it, but the material, the order of physical nature. J. S. Mill.
One who seeks or enjoys quietness; one who advocates a policy of quietness or inactivity. Too apt, perhaps, to stay where I am put. I am a quietist by constitution. The Century, XXVI. 280.

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The quietist churches embrace interiorized religion: the Faith is about what goes between the saints 'two ears and deep in their heart. — Andrew Sandlin.net
I've had the fortune to meet Sherron and he is about the quietist person you'll ever meet.
Then, too, Sistani represents the classical quietist version of Shiism - based on a separation of the mosque and the state.
There is nothing indifferent or quietist about this version of the English story. — Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
Bush will be one of the quietist ex-presidents in modern times, both for being AWOL since Katrina and because, unlike Bill Clinton, he doesn't court publicity. — Reason Magazine - Hit & Run