busyness

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Meaning

the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity

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When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over. George Carey

Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity. Bill Hybels

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. Gore Vidal

If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness. Günter Grass

Business: Busyness. Edward Abbey

Wherever I am, the world comes after me. It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it. Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist. Mary Oliver

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