Act Quotes

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In accordance with the prarabdha of each, the One whose function it is to ordain makes each to act. What will not happen will never… — Ramana Maharshi
Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it that the performance… — Ramana Maharshi
Every man must have freedom, must have the scope to form, test, and act upon his own choices, for any sort of development of his… — Murray Rothbard
Whatever may be open to disagreement, there is one act of evil that may not, the act that no man may commit against others and… — Ayn Rand
A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to limit the freedom of his mind, or… — Ayn Rand
An animal is equipped for sustaining its life; its senses provide it with an automatic code of action, an automatic knowledge of what is good… — Ayn Rand
When you force a man to act against his own choice and judgment, it's his thinking that you want him to suspend. — Ayn Rand
People are not machines, but in all situations where they are given the opportunity, they will act like machines. — Ludwig von Bertalanffy
A performer may be taken in by his own act, convinced at the moment that the impression of reality which he fosters is the one… — Erving Goffman
I don't want to weaken the Patriot Act. I want to repeal it. — Jon Tester
When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry. — Ron Wyden
One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that… — Jean-Francois Lyotard
They charge us with anti-Semitismâ€¦The truth is, those hurling these charges harbor a 'passionate attachment' to a nation not our own that causes them to… — Pat Buchanan
God is triune; there are within the Godhead three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; and the work of salvation is one… — J I Packer
To lay hold of and receive the gospel by a true and saving faith is an act of the soul that has been made a… — John Bunyan
The greatest act of judgment that God can pour out on a people is being poured out on America, and it is this: He's taken… — Paul Washer
Indeed all the saints are taught the same lesson - to renounce their own strength, and rely on the power of God; their own policy,… — William Gurnall
Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination. — J C Ryle
Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of… — J C Ryle
The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding. — Black Elk

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