Action Principle

Famous quotes containing the words action and/or principle:

“Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick,
Yet with my nobler reason ‘gainst my fury
Do I take part. The rarer action is
In virtue than in vengeance.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe.”
—Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)