Boredom
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – Blaise Pascal
“Tout le malheur des hommes vient d’une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.”
According to Pascal, we fear the silence of existence, we dread boredom and instead choose aimless distraction, and we can’t help but run from the problems of our emotions into the false comforts of the mind.