In a society that was no community and devalued the person

"Well, for instance, what it means to be a man. In a city. In a century. In transition. In a mass. Transformed by science. Under organised power. Subject to tremendous controls. In a condition caused by mechanisation. After the late failure of radical hopes. In a society that was no community and devalued the person. Owing to the multiplied power of numbers which made the self negligible. Which spent military billions against foreign enemies but would not pay for order at home. Which permitted savagery and barbarism in its own great cities. At the same time, the pressure of human millions who have discovered what concerted efforts and thoughts can do. As megatons of water shape organisms on the ocean floor. As tides polish stones. As winds hollow cliffs ... "

From Saul Bellow's Herzog.

I quoted this on Margo Kingston's Web Diary.

Im becoming increasingly bored of the work I'm doing. My trainer says don't do anything drastic. Take incremental steps & make changes that way.

I am to passive, waiting for something to happen and thinking to much without the courage to act.