Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long as he does not understand it.
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I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas
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The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
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The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
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The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
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Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory
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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
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We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action without freed capacity of thought behind it is only chaos
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As we become full persons, our knack for right actions and good judgment blossoms
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Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature.
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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it
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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.
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We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
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Justice is truth in action.
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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
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To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.
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Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.
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Ah just act the way ah feel.
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Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
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Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.
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Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
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We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.
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A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.
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