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"We feel that our actions are voluntary when they follow a decision and involuntary when they happen without decision. But if a decision itself were voluntary every decision would have to be preceded by a decision to decide - An infinite regression which fortunately does not occur. Oddly enough, if we had to decide to decide, we would not be free to decide"
"In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason."
"All time is eternal, moving inexorably toward an end which we believe is a result of our actions, but over which our control is mere illusion."
"With charity, money is purified. By service, our actions are purified. With music, our emotions are purified and with knowledge our intellect is purified."
"Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts."
"What we think of Christ influences our thinking and controls our actions."
"Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary."
"The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions."
"We are masters of our actions from the beginning up to the very end. But, in the case of our habits, we are only masters of their commencement - each particular little increase being as imperceptible as in the case of bodily infirmities. But yet our habits are voluntary, in that it was once in our power to adopt or not to adopt such or such a course of conduct."
"We should seek the greatest value of our action."
"We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need."
"We can most easily fulfill our desires when our actions are motivated by love. We expand the least effort, and we offer no resistance. We tap into the infinite organizing power of the universe to do less and accomplish everything."
"Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones."
"Our actions determine our dispositions."
"Our actions are like the terminations of verses, which we rhyme as we please."
"A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions."
"Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything."
"...the only thing that continues is the consequences of our action."
"The motive for our actions doesn't lie ahead of us. It's something behind us that we're trying to escape."
"Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell us what the future will be?"
