#boredom

It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos. ↗

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I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom. ↗

To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do. ↗

— Heraclitus

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There's a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don't understand, personally, how you can be bored. I can understand how you can be depressed, but I just don't understand boredom. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

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Long-term boredom can't lead to anything good. ↗

— Nicholas Hoult

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Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. ↗

— Richard Bach

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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your utter insignificance. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

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Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom. - A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on the seventh day of creation. ↗

— Lewis Cass

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Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom? ↗