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Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.

Mata Amritanandamayi

Before Death, Action, Accomplish

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It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life—daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.

Viktor E. Frankl

Life, Mean, Responsibility

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.63, Beacon Press

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Trust life, even if you cannot trust people. For human nature is unreliable, but life itself is ruled by immutable law. Right action leads always, in the end, to victory.

Goswami Kriyananda

Life, Trust, Nature

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Unless there be correct thought, there cannot be any action, and when there is correct thought, right action will follow.

Henry George

Action

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Therefore all just persons are satisfied with their own praise. They refuse to explain themselves, and are content that new actions should do them that office. They believe that we communicate without speech, and above speech, and that no right action of ours is quite unaffecting to our friends, at whatever distance; for the influence of action is not to be measured by miles.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Distance, Believe, Office

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1937). “Essays, First and Second Series”, p.143, Jazzybee Verlag

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An action is the perfection and publication of thought. A right action seems to fill the eye, and to be related to all nature.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Eye, Perfection, Action

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature, addresses, and lectures”, p.28, Harvard University Press

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Belief was never mentioned at home, but right actions were taught by daily example.

Terry Pratchett

Home, Example, Taught

"I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist, says fantasy author Terry Pratchett" by Terry Pratchett, www.dailymail.co.uk. June 21, 2008.

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Truth is man's nature; to be untrue is to be false to one's nature. dharma (Right Action) is the practical application in real life of the ideal of truth. Shanthi (Peace) is the result of Dharma and Preme (Love) is the sffulgence of Shanthi.

Sathya Sai Baba

Real, Love Is, Men

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Of these five vital principles, Love is the foremost. It is Love that flows as the under-current for the other four values. How does it flow this way? When Love is associated with our thoughts, it manifests itself as Truth. When Love is associated with feelings, it produces Peace. When Love animates actions, it results in Right Action. When Love is combined with understanding it becomes Non-violence. Therefore whenever you feel angry, think of love, develop thoughts of love in your heart. You will have peace.

Sathya Sai Baba

Heart, Love Is, Thinking

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All right prayer has good effect, but if you give your whole life to the prayer you multiply its power... No one really knows the full power of prayer. Of course, there is a relationship between prayer and action. Receptive prayer result in an inner receiving, which motivates to right action.

Peace Pilgrim

Prayer, Giving, Receiving

Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.75, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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I would like to emphasize again that right prayer leads to right action, that faith without works is dead. An excellent way to put thoughts into action is to write a letter for peace.

Peace Pilgrim

Prayer, Writing, Letters

Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.107, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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...to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life-daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct.

Viktor E. Frankl

Thinking, Meditation, Answers

Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.63, Beacon Press

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Inspire people very selectively with sincerity and with respect. You want to increase your energy? Then want, inside your heart, to inspire others. It will lift you tremendously.

Frederick Lenz

Heart, People, Inspire

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No amount of knowledge will nourish or sustain your spirit, it can never bring you ulimate happiness or peace. Life requires more that knowledge; it requires intense feeling and constant energy. Life demands right action if knowledge is to come alive.

Dan Millman

Feelings, Energy, Alive

Dan Millman (2006). “Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book that Changes Lives”, p.19, H J Kramer

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Peaceful warriors have the patience to wait until the mud settles and the water clears. They remain unmoving until the right time, so the right action arises by itself. They do not seek fulfillment, but wait with open arms to welcome all things.

Dan Millman

Patience, Warrior, Water

Dan Millman (1992). “No Ordinary Moments: A Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life”, p.4, H J Kramer

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Rightness expresses of actions, what straightness does of lines; and there can no more be two kinds of right action than there can be two kinds of straight lines.

Herbert Spencer

Two, Doe, Lines

Herbert Spencer (1868). “Social Statics, Or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, and the First of Them Developed”, p.510

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Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.

Ryan Holiday

Perspective, Perception, Body

Ryan Holiday (2014). “The Obstacle is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage”, p.48, Profile Books

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Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.

Charlemagne

Order, Action, Knows

"De la philosophie scolastique" by Jean-Barthélemy Hauréau, p. 10, 1850.

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Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon by the whole society.

Lawrence Kohlberg

Rights, Action, Individual

Lawrence Kohlberg (1973). “Collected papers on moral development and moral education”

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Be still and quiet, tune in with the Infinite Intelligence, and continue in right thought, right feeling, and right action, and you will arrive at your goal.

Joseph Murphy

Infinite Intelligence, Goal, Feelings

Joseph Murphy (1973). “Secrets of the I ching”

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If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.

Sakya Pandita

Wise, Men, Enemy

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Where there is love, do what you will, it will be right action. It will never bring conflict to one's life. In the flame of love, all fear is consumed.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Inspirational, Flames, Action

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The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.

Peter Drucker

Purpose, Information, Able

Peter Drucker (2012). “Management Challenges for the 21st Century”, p.113, Routledge

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Know that whatever is happening in your life right now, it's there for a reason. Just accept the things the way they are. Just relax and let go of all the mental constructs that your mind is creating. Acceptance leads to wholesome right action.

Brandon Bays

Letting Go, Healing, Acceptance

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Right attitudes produces right action

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Attitude, Action, Produce

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