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Insurmountable and driving,
This dead weight fuels an incendiary nature
We throw ourselves flaming against the rock face,
Furiouser and furiouser we burn out against a force uncaring,
We had such hopes for the way the world would work
But oh
Oh Sisyphus
Did you ever think
That a rock could be so maddening?

Ten million million words rest upon my lips,
But I have bitten my tongue so many times,
I may as well not have one.
Your fervor is ineffectual
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"The 'reasonable' people's failure is obvious. With the best intentions and a naive lack of realism, they think that with a little reason they can bend back into position the framework that has got out of joint ... The fanatic thinks that his single-minded principles qualify him to do battle with the powers of evil; but like a bull he rushes at the red cloak instead of the person ... Here and there people flee from public altercation into the sanctuary of private virtuousness. But anyone who does this must shut his mouth and his eyes to the just around him ... Civil courage, in fact, can only grow out of the free responsibility of free men ..."

Bonhoeffer, from "After 10 Years"