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> [Could the activity of thinking as such, the habit of examining whatever happens to come to pass or to attract attention, regardless of results and specific content, could this activity be among the conditions that make men abstain from evil-doing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-arendt/could-the-activity-of-thinking-as-such-the-habit-of-examining/)

[Hannah Arendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-arendt/)

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> [“we are directed not merely to abstain from evil actions, but even from evil thoughts, and from idle words, and empty talk, and scurrilous language: thus also the punishment of those who do not believe the Word of God, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/we-are-directed-not-merely-to-abstain-from-evil-actions-but-even-from/)

[The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-church-fathers/)

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