Boredom: the desire for desires

Boredom: the desire for desires

A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.

A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.

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

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

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

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.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and read more

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.

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

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

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.