consequences

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
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.	charity consequences willpower	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.	consequences deeds forgiveness immortality	José Saramago
0786932	There is a sense in which we are all each other's consequences.	consequences each-other sense we	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.	consequences karma pay-it-forward reciprocity responsibility spiritual-guidance	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.	civilization consequences environment foresight insight isolation realization rich wealthy	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.	consequences decisions responsibility the-dead-girls-dance	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.	choice consequences freedom redemption responsibility society	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?	consequences doubt guilt instinct instincts shame speaking-out 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."	consequences niko sandry testing	Tamora Pierce
7290a2d	And then things would be fine. Then I'd be fine.	alone broken consequences depressed fear lonely scared trauma	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.	consequences fatal force government law limit sin tool true vengeance	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 dresden-files fantasies playboy	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.	consequences idleness	E.M. Forster
d8eca8a	There is some history that I want not to have happened. I resist the consequences of being Nemesis.	consequences destiny fate history	Wallace Stegner

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.

charity consequences willpower

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.

consequences deeds forgiveness immortality

José Saramago

0786932

There is a sense in which we are all each other's consequences.

consequences each-other sense we

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.

consequences karma pay-it-forward reciprocity responsibility spiritual-guidance

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.

civilization consequences environment foresight insight isolation realization rich wealthy

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.

consequences decisions responsibility the-dead-girls-dance

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.

choice consequences freedom redemption responsibility society

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?

consequences doubt guilt instinct instincts shame speaking-out 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."

consequences niko sandry testing

Tamora Pierce

7290a2d

And then things would be fine. Then I'd be fine.

alone broken consequences depressed fear lonely scared trauma

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.

consequences fatal force government law limit sin tool true vengeance

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 dresden-files fantasies playboy

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.

consequences idleness

E.M. Forster

d8eca8a

There is some history that I want not to have happened. I resist the consequences of being Nemesis.

consequences destiny fate history

Wallace Stegner