Most of the evils of life arise from man's being unable to sit still in a room.
All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room.
All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
The sole cause of all human misery is the inability of people to sit quietly in their rooms.
The sum of a man's problems come from his inability to be alone in a silent room.
The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.
Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.
All the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms.
All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.