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Hindu and muslim saint 1836–1918Related quotes
“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English writer
Sometimes ascribed to Virginia Woolf, but it appeared as early as 1854 in Anna Jameson's A Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories and Fancies, where it is ascribed to William Wordsworth.
Misattributed
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Book V, Chapter 1.
Books, Coningsby (1844), Vivian Grey (1826)
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) American Writer
Source: Emir's Education In The Proper Use of Magical Powers (1979), p. 44-45
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
Attributed by Anna Jameson in her A Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories and Fancies (1854).
“Attraction causes action. Action stimulates thought. Thought reaches the goal.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) L'attrazione provoca azione. L'azione stimola il pensiero. Il pensiero raggiunge l'obiettivo.
Source: prevale.net
“All political action is then guided by some thought of better or worse.”
Leo Strauss (1899–1973) Classical philosophy specialist and father of neoconservativism
"What Is Political Philosophy" in The Journal of Politics, 19(3) (Aug. 1957) by the Southern Political Science Association, p. 343
Context: All political action aims at either preservation or change. When desiring to preserve, we wish to prevent a change for the worse; when desiring to change, we wish to bring about something better. All political action is then guided by some thought of better or worse.