Tuesday, July 13, 2010

A quote for Sunday


To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is itself to succumb to the violence of our times.

-Thomas Merton 1915-1968
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