We must learn to be detached from the results of our own activity. We must withdraw ourselves, to some extent, from effects that are beyond our control. [We must be content] to work without expecting an immediate reward, to love without an instantaneous satisfaction, and to exist without any special recognition.

Thomas Merton, The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia by William H. Shannon, editor, Christine M. Bochen, editor, Patrick F. O'Connell, editor