But what does he gain by running around like this if he can't escape from himself? He follows himself everywhere and weighs himself down with his own terrible company. We need to understand that our problem isn't the places we go — it's us. We're too weak to endure anything. We can't handle work or pleasure for long. We can't stick with our own business or anyone else's. This restlessness has driven some people to kill themselves. They kept changing their plans but always ended up back where they started. They left themselves no room for anything new. They got sick of life and the world itself. When all pleasures became boring, they started asking themselves: 'How long do we have to keep doing the same things over and over?'
but what does he gain by so doing if he does not escape from himself? he follows himself and weighs himself down by his own most burdensome companionship. We must understand, therefore, that what we suffer from is not the fault of the places but of ourselves: we are weak when there is anything to be endured, and cannot support either labour or pleasure, either one's own business or any one else's for long. This has driven some men to death, because by frequently altering their purpose they were always brought back to the same point, and had left themselves no room for anything new. They had become sick of life and of the world itself, and as all indulgences palled upon them they began to ask themselves the question, "How long are we to go on doing the same thing?"