Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?...The rich mind lies in the sun and sleeps, and is Nature. To think is to act.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

The senses collect the surface facts of matter... It was sensation; when memory came, it was experience; when mind acted, it was knowledge; when mind acted on it as knowledge, it was thought.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.