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44 quotes from A Philosophy of Boredom: ‘In order to live a meaningful life,humans need answers, i.e., a certain understanding of basic existential ques...

From this arises that boredom and self-dissatisfaction, that turmoil of a restless mind and gloomy and grudging endurance of our leisure, especially when we are ashamed to admit the reasons for it and our sense of shame drives the agony inward, and our desires are trapped in narrow bounds without escape and stifle themselves.

“human beings make life so interesting. do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom. (death)” ― terry pratchett, hogfather

“Boredom is the root of all evil. It is very curious that boredom, which itself has such a calm and sedate nature, can have such a capacity to initiate motion. The effect that boredom brings about is absolutely magical, but this effect is one not of attraction but of repulsion.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

The Sickness Unto Death Quotes Showing 1-30 of 51 “The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.”

“human beings make life so interesting. do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom. (death)” ― terry pratchett, hogfather

“The greatest threat to success is not failure but boredom. We get bored with habits because they stop delighting us. The outcome becomes expected. And as our habits become ordinary, we start derailing our progress to seek novelty.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

“People are then spurred to do something about their boredom. “Tolstoy had this great quote in Anna Karenina that says boredom is a ‘desire for desires,’ ” said Danckert. “So boredom is a motivational state.” ― Michael Easter, The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

195 quotes from John Taylor Gatto: 'When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling.', 'I've noticed a fascinating phenomenon in my thirty years of teaching: schools and schooling are increasingly irrelevant to the great enterprises of the planet.