“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 or her work for peace.”
Thomas Merton
more infosource: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander (New York: Doubleday, 2009), 81.
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category: activist, balance, demand, peace, school of life, time, violence
medium: nonfiction
“When you are completely off balance, so much so that you are certain you will topple over—you bring the paddle down hard on the water’s surface, the way ducks bat their wings. You will feel your kayak right itself. Only by moving in the direction you least trust can you be saved.”
Roger Rosenblatt
more infosource: Kayak Morning (New York: Ecco, 2012), 9.
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category: balance, boat, kayak, school of life
medium: Memoir
“To bring order into this jangled sphere man must find its centre.”
Marshall McLuhan
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