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Inaction may be the biggest form of action.
Inaction may be the biggest form of action.
What you don't do can be a destructive force.
What you don't do can be a destructive force.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things read more
And maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do.
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.
The biggest sin is sitting on your ass.
The biggest sin is sitting on your ass.