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56566cd Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible. willpower charity consequences C.S. Lewis
9e06911 If, before every action, we were to begin by weighing up the consequences, thinking about them in earnest, first the immediate consequences, then the probable, then the possible, then the imaginable ones, we should never move beyond the point where our first thought brought us to a halt. The good and evil resulting from our words and deeds go on apportioning themselves, one assumes in a reasonably uniform and balanced way, throughout all the days to follow, including those endless days, when we shall not be here to find out, to congratulate ourselves or ask for pardon, indeed there are those who claim that this is the much talked of immortality. immortality deeds forgiveness consequences José Saramago
0786932 There is a sense in which we are all each other's consequences. each-other we sense consequences Wallace Stegner
22b8b48 Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port. responsibility karma pay-it-forward spiritual-guidance reciprocity consequences Iris Murdoch
5edd0cd In much of the rest of the world, rich people live in gated communities and drink bottled water. That's increasingly the case in Los Angeles where I come from. So that wealthy people in much of the world are insulated from the consequences of their actions. foresight wealthy environment civilization realization rich isolation consequences insight Jared Diamond
51e5278 I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine. responsibility the-dead-girls-dance decisions consequences Rachel Caine
30c0f22 If every time we choose a turd, society, at a great expense, simply allows us to redeem it for a pepperoni, then not only will we never learn to make smart choices, we will also surrender the freedom to choose, because a choice without consequences is no choice at all. responsibility freedom choice society redemption consequences Tom Robbins
af7a205 WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES when we go against our instincts? What are the consequences of not speaking out? What are the consequences of guilt, shame, and doubt? doubt speaking-out instinct shame consequences guilt instincts voice Terry Tempest Williams
3ed65ef "Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not." "Doesn't she? Don't all of you? This is your first taste of the things which may come from your being powerful mages. People will offer you gold, status, even love. I want to know how you will react. If want to know if your teachers will release greedy, thoughtless monsters into the world." niko sandry testing consequences Tamora Pierce
7290a2d And then things would be fine. Then I'd be fine. fear broken alone consequences depressed lonely trauma scared Sarah J. Maas
d8ebed7 There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengeance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. true tool fatal limit law force government consequences vengeance sin Frank Herbert
a0c0a5c Yeah, they look great, but that isn't a fantasy come true, Harry. That's a wood chipper in Playboy bunny clothing. consequences fantasies playboy dresden-files Jim Butcher
d95e02b Every little trifle, for some reason, does seem incalculably important today, and when you say of a thing that 'nothing hangs on it,' it sounds like blasphemy. There's never any knowing--(how am I to put it?)--which of our actions, which of our idlenesses won't have things hanging on it for ever. idleness consequences E.M. Forster
d8eca8a There is some history that I want not to have happened. I resist the consequences of being Nemesis. fate history destiny consequences Wallace Stegner