I think it is inaccurate to claim that people seek more security in religious life by "limiting" their activities; if they believed that, it would indeed be a shame and little to the credit of Providence. No, to guide (to focus) does not mean to limit. Accept this as a principle and tirelessly repeat to those around you: one of the surest signs of the truth of religion, in general and especially in the soul, is to observe the extent to which it leads to action, that is, to what extent it succeeds in drawing forth from the deep springs that are within each of us, a certain maximum of energy and effort. Action and dedication go hand in hand and support each other.
(Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ /1881–1955/, letter from the front, to his cousin, July 4, 1915;
quoted from the book Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Birth of Thought. Letters 1914–1919, 2021)
