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.
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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.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
What you don't do can be a destructive force.
What you don't do can be a destructive force.
Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its read more
Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.
Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
Inaction, contrary for its reputation as being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.
Inaction, contrary for its reputation as being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction
I never worry about action, but only about inaction
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.
There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.
There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.
