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A quotation from Thomas a Kempis:

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After all, when the day of judgement comes we shall be examined about what we have done, not about what we have read; whether we have lived conscientiously, not whether we have turned fine phrases.
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A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:

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Hadst thou not Greek enough to understand thus much: The end of Man is an Action and not a Thought, though it were the noblest.
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A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:

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But indeed Conviction, were it never so excellent, is worthless till it convert itself into Conduct. Nay properly Conviction is not possible ill then.
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A quotation from Bible:

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How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
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A quotation from Gracián, Baltasar:

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You should show the least vanity about your greatest gifts. Content yourself with doing: leave saying to others.
[Afecte menos sus mayores eminencias. Conténtese con hacer, y deje para otros el decir.]
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A quotation from Doyle, Arthur Conan:

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I have no desire to make mysteries, but it is impossible at the moment of action to enter into long and complex explanations.
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A quotation from Cicero, Marcus Tullius:

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But merely to possess virtue as you would an art is not enough, unless you apply it. For an art, even if unused, can still be retained in the form of theoretical knowledge, but virtue depends entirely upon its use.
[Nec vero habere virtutem satis est quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare; etsi ars quid…
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A quotation from Dyson, Freeman:

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Sharing the food is to me more important than arguing about beliefs. Jesus, according to the gospels, thought so too.
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