» Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
» Real action is in silent moments.
» The ancestor of every action is thought.
» The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.
» There is a tendency for things to right themselves.
» Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
» We are always getting ready to live, but never living.
» We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.
» Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?.
» The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral.