There is a perverse form of contemporary violence (that is) activism and
overwork... The rush and pressure of modern life are a form of 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 our activism neutralizes our work for peace. It destroys our inner
capacity for peace.

Thomas Merton