Christians must become active in every possible way, mobilizing all their resources for the fight against war. . . . It is the great Christian task of our time. Everything else is secondary, for the survival of the human race itself depends upon it. We must at least face this responsibility and do something about it. And the first job of all is to understand the psychological forces at work in ourselves and in society.
— Thomas Merton, Seeds by Thomas Merton, Robert Inchausti, editor