The height of activity is not doing, but dedicating yourself to doing. 'The most active thing that a man can do is not simply to do something but to dedicate himself to doing it... Dedication is the privilege and torment of our species.' Absorption — handing your life over to one occupation, deliberately and responsibly — is the most active thing a person can do. Presence is that dedication, not the scattered busyness that looks like activity.

— In our words · Source: Meditations on Hunting (José Ortega y Gasset)