Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

One must scratch that part of the body or mind that itches.

Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado, or lordliness. It consists in daring to do the right and facing consequences, whether it is in matters social, political, or other. It consists in deeds, not in words.

It is not enough to have ideals. We must translate them into action. We must clear our own little corner of creation.

Unreal is action without discipline, charity without sympathy, ritual without devotion.

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve.

Lust and force are the source of all our actions; lust causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.

Be a pianist, not a piano.