Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for read more

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the read more

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face.

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

I have a fear of being boring.

I have a fear of being boring.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the read more

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.