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A fuller realization of the horrible nature of the world's crisis than that experienced by the masses--constant thought about it and acute sensitivity to it--has deeply affected a small minority of mystics, writers, artists, and religious fanatics. This has paralysed their ambitions, frozen their creative powers, petrified their hopes of happiness, and nullified their zest for living.

-- Notebooks Category 13: Human Experience > Chapter 4 : World Crisis > # 22