Boredom Quotations | Page 5

I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.

One must chose in life between boredom and suffering

Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility.

Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility.

Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom.

Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear

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

The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.

We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.

Extreme boredom provides its own antidote.