All literature is but a variation on the quest motif. --
Someone or Other
Too busy to look, too busy to be wise. --Someone Else or
Someone Other
There once was a man who wandered from town to town constantly
examining the ground. He carried a lantern in the daytime and a
compass at night. When asked what he was doing, he would answer,
"I'm looking for a place to stand, so that when the wind blows I may
stand and not fall."
Most people thought he was insane until a man who had lived long and
experienced much was overheard to say of him, "Only a few people are
as wise as this man, for he is engaged in the only search that
really matters."