Nature of man Quote by Blaise Pascal

All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.

— Blaise Pascal

The sum of a man's problems come from his inability to be alone in a silent room.

— Blaise Pascal

All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room.

— Blaise Pascal

All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.

— Blaise Pascal

The problem with human beings is that they can't sit alone in a room for more than an hour.

— Robert Greene

All the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms.

— Blaise Pascal

Silence is what causes most of humanity's problems

— Lauren Kate

We behave as if being alone were a problem.

— Peter Handke

Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.

— Blaise Pascal

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.

— Octavio Paz

All our troubles come from not being able to be alone.

— Blaise Pascal

One needs solitude and quiet to think. The cacophony of modern culture is designed to make that impossible...

— Chris Hedges