splitting hairs
We are continually concerned about the state of our sanity, the state of our mind, and we question how many trips we are laying on our world or ourselves -- being too heavy or too light-handed. When all those questions are coming through, sometimes even though the motivation and the situation might be right, and even though our understanding might be right, at the same time, our preoccupations begin to drive us into complete madness. We would like to split hairs, constantly questioning the question of the question of the question of the question, constantly again and again and again. Then we don't find any room to actually allow ourselves to practice, to sit and develop any discipline at all.

Chogyam Trungpa, 1975