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.
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Inaction may be the biggest form of action.
Inaction may be the biggest form of action.
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.
The biggest sin is sitting on your ass.
The biggest sin is sitting on your ass.
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.
There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.
There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.
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.
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.
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.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.
