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Leo Tolstoy quote: "If a man aspires to a righteous life, his first act of..."
If a man aspires to a righteous life, his first act of abstinence if from injury to animals. Leo Tolstoy
But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. George Eliot
We are all of us doomed to spend our lives watching a movie of our lives - we are always acting on what has just finished happening. Tom Wolfe
William Blake quote: "Think in the morning, act in the noon, read in the evening,..."
Think in the morning, act in the noon, read in the evening, and sleep at night. William Blake
He may have as strong a sense of what would be right, as you can have, without being so equal under particular circumstances to act up to it."Then, it would not be so strong a sense. If it failed to produce equal exertion, it could not be an equal conviction. Jane Austen
They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it mopped up before I can catch them. Ken Kesey
Iain Banks quote: "What's one more meaningless act of violence on that zoo of a..."
What's one more meaningless act of violence on that zoo of a planet? It would be appropriate. When in Rome; burn it. Iain Banks
A person or an act is never entirely Sansara or entirely Nirvana, a person is never entirely holy or entirely sinful. It does really seem like this, because we are subject to deception, as if time was something real. Time is not real. Herman Hesse
Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "The danger in trying to do good is that the mind comes to..."
The danger in trying to do good is that the mind comes to confuse the intent of goodness with the act of doing things well. Ursula K. Le Guin
Graham Greene quote: "In her view when a thing was done, it was done: remorse died..."
In her view when a thing was done, it was done: remorse died with the act. Graham Greene
Alan Moore quote: "The things we do without the fear of failure and the desire..."
The things we do without the fear of failure and the desire for success are the purest acts we'll ever do Alan Moore
Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed.” ~ A thought by Lessa ~ Anne McCaffrey
Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow- whether there is a market for it or not! The kick of creation is the act of creating, not anything that happens afterward. Kurt Vonnegut
As we have seen there is some kind of continuity in any case since every experience affects for better or worse the attitudes which help decide the quality of further experiences, by setting up certain preference and aversion, and making it easier or harder to act for this or that end. John Dewey
Men can imagine their own deaths, they can see them coming, and the mere though of impending death acts like an aphrodisiac. A dog or rabbit doesn't behave like that. Take birds -- in a lean season they cut down on the eggs, or they won't mate at all. They put their energy into staying alive themselves until times get better. But human beings hope they can stick their souls into someone else, some new version of themselves, and live on forever. As a species were doomed by hope, then? You... Margaret Atwood

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