"We should do only those righteous actions which we cannot stop ourselves from doing."
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"Is it true that existence consists only in the action of energy? Or is it not rather that energy is an output of Existence?"
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"What I argue is that if I'm going to be held accountable for my actions that I should be allowed to record... my actions. Especially if somebody else is keeping a record of my actions."
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"My every action is to liberate God from his sorrow."
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"Beware! Don't allow yourself to do what you know is wrong, relying on the thought, Later I will repent and ask God's forgiveness."
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"If you can achieve action, you will achieve happiness."
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"Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded."
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"At the end of the day we're all spirits having a physical experience. That really comes from my relationship with Islam because it just makes me really conscious of my action."
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"State intentions every day. Create action plans to achieve your intention."
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"Men will not understand ... that when they fulfil their duties to men, they fulfil thereby God's commandments; that they are consequently always in the service of God, as long as their actions are moral, and that it is absolutely impossible to serve God otherwise."
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"A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon."
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"ACT as men of thought; THINK as men of action."
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"A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions."
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"I have made a silent compact with myself not to change a line of what I write. I am not interested in perfecting my thoughts, nor my actions."
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"He who considers too much will perform little."
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"He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves."
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"To live is not breathing it is action."
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"Perception is naturally surpassed toward action; better yet, it can be revealed only in and through projects of action. The world is revealed as an "always future hollow", for we are always future to ourselves."
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"Attitude drives actions. Actions drive results. Results drive lifestyles."
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"For me, the question was, how can one take a live-action performance and put it in the parameter of one of those cartoons? How much can you get away with?"
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