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Action Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head.
- How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own,…
- Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell…
- The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind…
- In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
- The fourfold root of the principle of sufficent reason is "Anything perceived has a cause. All conclusions have premises. All effects have causes. All actions…
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