There is a pervasive form of modern violence to which the
idealist most easily succumbs: activism and over-work. The rush and pressure
of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate
violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of
conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to
too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is to succumb to
violence. The frenzy of the activist neutralizes his work. It destroys the fruitfulness of his work, because it kills the root
of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful.
Thomas Merton
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