Quotes About Action

Now, as the six rushed in, a silver-and-snow catapult landed among them from nowhere in particular, snarling, snapping, slashing. No longer had Thor any use for the finesse which had been taught to him as part of his education as a herder. His master was down. These grunting devils were pressing in, avidly, to rip him to pieces. It was a moment for stark action.

But you must do something more. Seek always to do some good, somewhere

Keiner darf die Augen schliessen und das Leiden, dessen Anblick er sich erspart, als nicht geschehen ansehen.

Gutes tun will überlegt und gelernt sein.

A stagecoach passed by on the road and went on; And the road didn't become more beautiful or even more ugly. That's human action on the outside world. We take nothing away and we put nothing back, we pass by and we forget; And the sun is always punctual every day. (5/7/14)

I still forgive him, because by doing what he did, he made it famous.

Fra le mille maniere di fare un'azione, scegliamo sempre istintivamente la peggiore.

E ora cosa farò?" si domandava il ragazzo; ogni volta che osservava la mobilità e la continua agitazione della vita, la propria inerzia gli incuteva spavento.

People who suffer from learned helplessness think they have no control over their situations, so even if their suffering is great, they won't take the smallest action to change matters because they figure, What's the point?

The True Self quietly observes the playground where thoughts take form, where games are played, and the gunas obeyed. These are the laws of light, activity, and inertia … of inspiration, action, and obstacles. The gunas are those things that can be known. Your mind ponders all their qualities, mistaking these for reality, for they gave birth to the mind. But the Self remains unmoved by the noise in the playground.

My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.

'What's the point of having this superb military that you're always talking about if we can't use it?

L'amore si fa o si sente, l'amore non si dice, non si reclama e non si commenta l'amore fatto, l'amore ha gli occhi per parlare e le mani per recargli doni. Se gli occhi sfuggono e le mani arrivano vuote, è detto tutto. Due che non hanno niente da dirsi parlano del loro amore reciproco, che intanto st volando altrove. Parlare d'amore significa parlare d'altro

That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best.

L'atto di creare è generalmente riservato agli dei e ai poeti, ma anche la gente più umile può superare questa restrizione se sa come farlo. Per piantare un pino, per esempio, non è necessario essere un dio né un poeta, basta possedere una pala.

Cease being intimidated by the argument that a right action is impossible because it does not yield maximum profits, or that a wrong action is to be condoned because it pays.

Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how. To plant a pine, for example, one need be neither god nor poet; one need only own a shovel. By virtue of this curious loophole in the rules, any clodhopper may say: Let there be a tree - and there will be one.

There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.

Intento establecer una comunicación entre lo que vive en mí sin ser mío y este yo que está escribiendo ahora. En suma, quebrantar el puente que separa el sueño de la acción.

BUSCAR No es un verbo sino un vértigo. No indica acción. No quiere decir ir al encuentro de alguien sino yacer porque alguien no viene.

Piensas una cosa deseas otra amas otra haces otra cosa