Arthur Schopenhauer — "The chief source of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quiet…"
The chief source of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.
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Attributed, a common misattribution to Pascal, but Schopenhauer echoed similar sentiments on solitude and inner peace.
Date: Approx. 19th Century
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