"Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men."
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"The iron ring is worn out by constant use. [Lat., Ferreus assiduo consumitur anulus usu.]"
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"The gods behold all righteous actions."
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"Anybody can make a baby without any checking, without thinking. This type of parenting can be tragic because one of the greatest actions a human being can do is to create another life."
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"I do not permit affection or lack thereof to influence my actions. There is good, and there is evil. The good must be protected, the evil eradicated. I have shown you the triumph of evil as a caution."
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"Nature is not here to keep you alive. It has just as many ways to kill you as it does to sustain you. And if you cherry-pick this fact, you are left thinking that earth is some haven for life, but 96, 97 percent of all species that ever lived on earth are now extinct from the actions of the earth itself and an occasional asteroid to stir the pot."
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"There are no happy endings, only breaks in the regular action."
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"We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning."
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"We think according to nature. We speak according to rules. We act according to custom."
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"Meditation is not to get out of society, to escape from society, but to prepare for a reentery into society."
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"What happens in the present moment? In the present moment, you are producing thought, speech, and action. And they continue in the world."
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"It is not the actions of others which trouble us (for those actions are controlled by their governing part), but rather it is our own judgments. Therefore remove those judgments and resolve to let go of your anger, and it will already be gone. How do you let go? By realizing that such actions are not shameful to you."
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"Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception."
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"Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal!"
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"Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within."
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"The danger I faced was not accepted as reasonable grounds for deferring my tax payments, as authorities, who despite being told all of this, still chose to pursue action against me, as opposed to finding an alternative solution."
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"I finished The Freebie, which was a small relationship "talky" movie, and I was like, "I just want to get out of the house! And I want there to be some action, and I want some tension in there!""
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"I always feel at home doing a little bit of action."
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"Every human must take responsibility for his actions."
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"By then running had entered the realm of the metaphysical. First there came the action of running, and accompanying it there was this entity known as me. I run; therefore I am."
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