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direct action

«Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.»
«The most drastic, and usually the most effective remedy for fear is direct action.»
Author: William Burnham | About: Action | Keywords: direct action, drastic
«A person who has subdued the senses and completely renounced [the fruits of] all works, dwells happily in the City of Nine Gates, neither performing nor directing action.»
«In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.»
«We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.»
«Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.»