Commentary for Shabbat 181:1

מהו דתימא בטולי בטלה מחשבתו קמ"ל כל העושה על דעת ראשונה הוא עושה

you might say, His intention has been cancelled;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since he forgot it. ');">¹</span> hence we are informed that whenever one does anything, he does it with his original purpose. Rab Judah said in Samuel's name: R. Meir maintained that one is culpable even if he carries out a single [grain of] wheat for sowing. But that is obvious, [for] we learnt, WHATEVER ITS SIZE? — You might say, WHATEVER ITS SIZE is to exclude [the standard of] the quantity of a dried fig, yet even so [one is not guilty unless there is as much as an olive: hence we are informed [otherwise]. R. Isaac son of Rab Judah demurred: If so,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That according to the Mishnah culpability depends on one's intentions. ');">²</span>

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