Bhagavad Gita

c. 400 BCE, Hindu Sacred Text

Action / Effort
You have a right to your actions,
but never to your actions' fruits.
Act for action's sake.
And do not be attached to inaction.
2:47, Stephen Mitchell, tr., 2000
Actualization / Fulfillment
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he becomes.

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