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Too many people who are ordinarily supposed to be good people with some religious side to their character, hide behind their duties and responsibilities to avoid the Quest. They find in these two things sufficient excuse to disregard the larger questions of life. They keep themselves busy supporting themselves and their family or keeping up a position in the world of activity, following an occupation, or maintaining a business. In this way they are able to ignore any self-questioning about why they are here on earth at all or what will happen to them after death or whether these practical duties and responsibilities are all that is required from them by the god they profess to believe in.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 2 : Its Choice > # 340