It is better to do an act which is good and which carries but limited merit than to totally abstain from all acts, for perfect inaction is very culpable.
अल्पं हि सारभूयिष्ठं यत् कर्मोदारमेव तत्। कृतमेवाकृताच्छ्रेयो न पापीयोऽस्त्यकर्मणः॥