Ralph Waldo Emerson: The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private

The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest acti — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.

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Every step of real movement is more important than a dozen programmes. — Karl Marx
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Every gesture is a revolutionary act. — Fernando Pessoa
It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do. — Jane Austen
Wie lieb ich diesen edlen Mann Mehr als ich mit Worten sagen kann. Doch fürcht' — Albert Einstein
We still have slept together, Rose at an instant, learn'd, play'd, eat together; — William Shakespeare
Green is Nature's favourite colour. — Graham D Priest
Beauty is not so much performance as promise. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe