The most ominous of fallacies--the belief that things can be kept static by inaction.

The most ominous of fallacies--the belief that things can be kept static by inaction.

What you don't do can be a destructive force.

What you don't do can be a destructive force.

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic read more

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating and destructive effect upon our society than the others.

A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.

A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.

One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything read more

One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else

Inaction may be the biggest form of action.

Inaction may be the biggest form of action.

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the read more

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you read more

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb