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Act well your given part; the choice rests not with you
The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will
Action is only coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious
I never worry about action, but only about inaction
Be content to act, and leave the talking to others
The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox
We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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