#act

Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#appropriate #because #conditions #diverse #happens

The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#always #another #being #consists #dead

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#any #conditions #confession #contrition #good

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#attack #courage #dangers #endure #principal

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor. ↗

— Avi Arad

#angst #characters #could #deeper #delve

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. ↗

— Aristotle

#aim #all things #art #been #choice

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. ↗

— Aristotle

#every #fancies #find #last #life

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions. ↗

— Aristotle

#anxious #certain #character #citizens #disposition

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once. ↗

— Curtis Armstrong

#bunch #character #character actor #character actors #different

I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor. ↗

— Alan Arkin

#being #business #i #know #move