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"I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them."

Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher
Action, Actions, Hate
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"I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them."

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"I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them."
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"I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused."
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"Desire is the essence of a man."
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"Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear."
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"Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men."
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"If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past."
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"God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things."
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"Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many."
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"Ambition is the immoderate desire for power."
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"All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love."
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"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet
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"When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President
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"Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often."

Mark Twain, American Author
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"Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big."

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"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."

Thomas Jefferson, American President
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"Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician
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"Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics."

Jane Addams, American Activist
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"The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action."

Felix Adler, German Educator
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"I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely."

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"He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist
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