There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

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.

It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.