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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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.

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

I never worry about action, but only about inaction