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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

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.