A Quote by Eknath Easwaran

The ancestor of every destructive action, every destructive decision, is a negative thought.

Eknath Easwaran

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Eknath Easwaran
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December 17, 1910 - October 26, 1999

Every action has an ancestor of a thought.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The ancestor of every action is a thought. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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