All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. Author: Blaise Pascal Copy Quote More from Blaise Pascal “When I consider the brief span of my life absorbed into the eternity which prec…” “Ciascuno esamini i propri pensieri: li troverà sempre occupati dal passato e da…” “We must sit by these rivers, not under or in them, but above, not standing upri…” “I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.”