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It is needful to correct mistaken impressions that it is wrong to try to escape from daily activity, and its troubles, into the silence. On the highest level, there actually are no problems, for the great work of evolution is then known to be all-inclusive and always effectual, and the world-experience is seen for what it is. The ultimate purpose of living itself is, of course, to attain this state. On the relative level, there coexists the necessity of accepting everyday life, together with its difficulties and problems, if we are to develop the resources needed in order to progress. The philosophic attitude reconciles both these viewpoints as being complementary and necessary to each other.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 1 : Take Intermittent Pauses > # 115