David Given Schwarm

To make progress the world must have action, but it must also know why it is acting, and that requires thought, contemplation, and silence.

The love of noise and excitement in modern civilization is due in part to the fact that people are unhappy on the inside. Noise exteriorized them, distracts them, and makes them forget their worries for the moment. There is an unmistakable connection between an empty life and a hectic pace.

We must keep going at anything we do until we get our second wind. One enjoys a mountain climb more after passing through the first mountain of discouraged exhaustion. One becomes more interested in a job or work after the fist impulse to drop it has been overcome.

Begin with your own emptiness and seek Him who can fill it.