“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”

“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.”

Molière (1622–1673) French playwright and actor

“Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.”

Umberto Eco book The Name of the Rose

“Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Eating Animals

“We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …

“Chosen responsibility is where the human race needs to be headed. And to do this, we choose what we want to become responsible for because it would make us feel good to do it, not because it would make us feel like a good person to do what we don't want to do.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

“We do what we can do means what exactly means, that we do what we can do.”

Mariano Rajoy (1955) Spanish politician

“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“We always do what’s natural, only sometimes we shouldn’t do it.”

Alfred Bester book The Stars My Destination