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It appears evident, therefore, that those actions only can truly be called virtuous, and deserving of moral approbation, which the agent believed to be right,… — Thomas Reid
must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely. — Thomas Reid
In every case, we ought to act that part towards another, which we would judge to be right in him to act toward us, if… — Thomas Reid
Common sense doesn't have the last word in ethics or anywhere else, but it has, as J. L. Austin said about ordinary language, the first… — Thomas Nagel
My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening with a long,… — Eric Clapton
Man was destined for society. His morality, therefore, was to be formed to this object. He was endowed with a sense of right and wrong… — Thomas Jefferson
We are born of risen apes, not fallen angels. — Robert Ardrey
Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk. — Seneca the Younger
True love is a process. True love requires personal action. — Marvin J. Ashton
Good moral actions are not enough. Everything in us, from the very depths, must be cleansed and reordered... — Thomas Merton
Heaven does nothing: its non-doing is its serenity. Earth does nothing: its non-doing is its rest. From the union of these two non-doings All actions… — Zhuangzi
Life is worthy of the name only when it reflects Reality in action. No university will teach you how to live so that when the… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
You can map out a light plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and… — Joe Frazier
Humans are powerful spiritual beings meant to create good on earth. This good isn't usually accomplished in bold actions, but in singular acts of kindness… — Dannion Brinkley
I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that changes this… — Jody Williams
Often we are caught in a mental trap of seeing enormously successful people and thinking they are where they are because they have some special… — Tony Robbins
There is...a tendency to think of the spiritual life as primarily introspective, divorced from the concerns of everyday life....Faith that does not translate into actions… — Dalai Lama
Many people are passionate, but because of their limiting beliefs about who they are and what they can do, they never take actions that could… — Tony Robbins
Some Western politicians are already threatening us with not just sanctions, but also the prospect of increasingly serious problems on the domestic front. I would… — Vladimir Putin
A little consideration of what takes place around us every day would show us that a higher law than that of our will regulates events;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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