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All men who refuse to engage perpetually in the struggles of worldly life are not necessarily insecure escapists, hesitant before problems, dangers, and difficulties they feel unable to cope with. Some are "old souls" who have had more than enough of such experiences and who feel the need to stand still for a proper evaluation of them rather than to continue a blind participation in them.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 1 : Take Intermittent Pauses > # 175