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Heroes are Ordinary People whose social action is Extra-Ordinary/ who ACT when others are passive, who give up EGO-centrism for SOCIO-centrism. — Philip Zimbardo
The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on… — C.S. Lewis
You don't have to act as if you know what you're doing — Brian Eno
What kind of thoughts make you feel good? Thoughts of love, appreciation, gratitude, joyful childhood experiences? Thoughts in which you rejoice that you're alive and… — Louise Hay
We must act to shape and mold the future, and leave our imprint on events as they slip past into history. — Haile Selassie
Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you. — Ignatius of Antioch
If an American is concerned only about his nation, he will not be concerned about the peoples of Asia, Africa, or South America. Is this… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Meditation should not be regarded as a learning process. It should be regarded as an experiencing process. You should not try to learn from meditation… — Chogyam Trungpa
Perhaps creating something is nothing but an act of profound remembrance. — Rainer Maria Rilke
It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities . — Marcus Aurelius
If you do not make it a matter of study, how you may successfully act in building up the kingdom of Christ, you are acting… — Charles Grandison Finney
Eat like you love yourself. Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself. — Tara Stiles
Good music can act as a guide to good living. — John Cage
I credit literature for the reason I act because that was the door to me saying, ‘Oh! I can be somebody else. I can exist… — Nicole Kidman
If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision. — Russell Simmons
The only way of full knowledge lies in the act of love; this act transcends thought, it transcends words. It is the daring plunge into… — Erich Fromm
It's the same struggle for each of us, and the same path out: the utterly simple, infinitely wise, ultimately defiant act of loving one thing… — Barbara Kingsolver
When we have practiced good actions awhile, they become easy; when they are easy, we take pleasure in them; when they please us, we do… — John Tillotson
Words are good, but there is something better. The best is not to be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to… — Baron de Montesquieu
Through repentance the filth of our foul actions is washed away. After this, we participate in the Holy Spirit, not automatically, but according to the… — Symeon the New Theologian
Perfection... is clearly not achieved simply by being naked, by the lack of wealth or by the rejection of honors, unless there is also that… — John Cassian
There is one antidote for evil passions: the purification of our souls which takes place through the mystery of godliness. The chief act of faith… — Gregory of Nyssa
It is only all too easy to understand the requirements contained in God's Word ('Give all your goods to the poor.' 'If anyone strikes you… — Soren Kierkegaard
...it is not the obscure passages in Scripture that bind you but the ones you understand. With these you are to comply at once. If… — Soren Kierkegaard

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