Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility

As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook.

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions

Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

To be without guile is to be free of deceit, cunning, hypocrisy, and dishonesty in thought or action.