#sequences

Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our disposal, which we are clever enough to release, but whose consequences we cannot comprehend. ↗

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

#brain #cannot #cave #clever #comprehend

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#already #consequences #duty #may #only

Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did. ↗

— Rafik Hariri

#consequences #did #face #go #high

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth. ↗

— Aaron Hill

#birth #consequences #customs #fixed #form

How could he know this new dawn's light would change his life forever? Set sail to sea, but pulled off course by the light of golden treasure. ↗

— Metallica

#life #life-choices #change

Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences and try to learn from their mistakes. ↗

— Harry Browne

#acts #bear #care #consequences #free

So, what can't you take? Decide which of the two options is harder, and do the other. That way, no matter how hard your choice turns out to be, at least you can find comfort in knowing you're avoiding something even worse. ↗

— Josephine Angelini

#decision-making #comfort

People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#any #consequences #freely #idea #just

In the world I lived in, the world of human people, there were ties and debts and consequences and good deeds. That was what bound people to society; maybe that was what constituted society. And I tried to live in my little niche in it the best way I could. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#debts #deeds #relationships #society #niche

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#consequences #couple #drinks #fine #good