We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.
Actions can have unintended adverse consequences.
The risks of inaction are far greater than the risks of action.
Too many policies, programs and institutions are judged by what they are supposed to do, rather than by what they actually do and the consequences of their actions.
Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime's by action dignified
Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action. What they have done commits and enforces them to do the same again. The first act, which was to be an experiment, becomes a sacrament.
When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.
What is done cannot be effaced. We have to act upon a moral field prepared for us ...
You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions.
Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.
Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the long term improves reproductive success.
Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.
There is no right in acting.
The result justifies the deed.
Some make light of decisions, arguing that all possible decisions will occur. In such a world, how could one be responsible for his actions? Others hold that each decision must be considered and committed to, that without commitment there is chaos. Such people are content to live in contradictory worlds, so long as they know the reason for each.
While we cannot predict the future, we will most surely live it. Every action and decision we take - or don't - ripples into the future. For the first time, we have the capability, the technology, and the knowledge to direct those ripples.
In death, you once more challenge people from every strata, religion, and position to think about how their own actions do and can change the world for better or worse.
To predict the future we would have to know today what we will learn tomorrow which will shape our future actions
A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.
If, by demanding revolutionary change, I run the risk of accomplishing nothing on behalf of the public, then I'm not sure that's a responsible course of action.
Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts.
I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir.
I felt the violence in 'Upgrade' was necessary because I wanted to show what a computer was capable of.
When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that.
