Our Inability To Be Alone

We should learn to become better friends with ourselves. ‘All our unhappiness comes from our inability to sit alone in our room.’

The 17th-century French philosopher Blaise Pascal pointed out that instead of staying undistracted with ourselves - appreciating small pleasures, thinking before we act, examining our minds - we are tempted to crave excitements. We meddle in the affairs of others but fail to help them; we seek fame and end up being misunderstood.