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Action (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠attributable to vanity when extreme, to habit when average, and to fear when pretty.

Action (n.) he ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠who acts is always without a conscience and always without knowledge: he forgets most things to do one, is unjust to what lies behind him, and recognizes only the rights of what is coming into being.

Action (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠essentially unknown: no amount of knowledge about an act ever ensures its performance — the gap between knowing and doing has never once been bridged.

Action (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is purposive is the least understood of all, because it has always counted as the most understandable — the great problems are to be met in the street.

Action (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠at bottom be flight from oneself — four of the most active men ever, Alexander, Caesar, Mohammed and Napoleon, were epileptics.

Action (n.) seldom ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠characterizes a man: most acts are reflexes, epidermal, done before the depths are consulted — a rage, a reach, a knife thrust: what of personality is in that?

Action (n.) judged ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠neither by origin, nor consequences, nor the feelings that accompany it, its value is "x," unknown.

Action (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠itself is perfectly devoid of value: it all depends on who performs it — the same "crime" can be a privilege in one case, a stigma in another.

Action (n.) between ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠real individuals, can never be returned: what I do belongs to me — one cannot pay me back; it will always be another action done against me.

Action (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in itself perfectly empty of value; everything depends on who does it — one and the same crime can be the highest privilege or the mark of shame.