Action (n.) is unnecessary. One doesn't need to do anything, because if one sees oneself in the correct way, one realizes one is just as one is, as much an extraordinary phenomenon of nature as trees, clouds, the patterns in running water, the flickering of fire.
Action (n.) needs no outside reason: motivated or not, we are action — and when it pursues nothing beyond itself, it expresses its own fullness.
Action (n.) without wisdom, without clear awareness of the world as it is, can never improve anything.
Action (n.) always has contemplation as its goal, as Aristotle reminded us — knowing and being, rather than seeking and becoming.
Action (n.) answers better than words in Zen: told to say what a pitcher is without calling it a pitcher, the approved disciple knocked it over and walked off.
Action (n.) on a problem you do not understand is like trying to push darkness away with your hands; bring a light and it vanishes at once.
Action (n.) felt rightly is both a leaf on a stream and full responsible effort — for the push is the pull.