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It would be too wide-sweeping a generalization to assert that all entrants on the quest come out of disgust with the worldly life. This may be true of Indians, for several reasons, but it is not so true of Westerners. For among the latter there are those whose approach to life is through art--through sensitivity to beauty and joy--or through science--through the pursuit of truth about the universe. Such persons are not unhappy, not alienated from earthly affairs, but they know that a deeper basis to their present satisfaction is needed.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 2 : Its Choice > # 240