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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.