123 quotes found
“Sunshine is delicious rain is refreshing wind braces us snow is exhilarating there is no such thing as bad weather only different kinds of good weather.”
“We look wishfully to emergencies to eventful revolutionary times ... and think how easy to have taken our part when the drum was rolling and the house was burning over our heads.”
“Peace is not only better than war but infinitely more arduous.”
“Man lives by habits indeed but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.”
“It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war it is excitement.”
“The statistics of suicide show that for non-combatants at least life is more interesting in war than in peace.”
“Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.”
“One of the worst forms of mental suffering is boredom not knowing what to do with oneself and one's life. Even if man had no monetary or any other reward he would be eager to spend his energy in so...”
“If your daily life seems poor do not blame it blame yourself tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.”
“Somebody's boring me I think it's me.”
“When you stop learning stop listening stop looking and asking questions always new questions then it is time to die.”
“When people are bored it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.”
“In the ancient recipe the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep drink and travel. It is rather feeble. From sleep you wake up from drink you become sober and from travel you come home a...”
“If something is boring after two minutes try it for four. If still boring try it for eight sixteen thirty-two and so on. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring but very interesting.”
“Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true.”
“The one sure means of dealing with boredom is to care for someone else to do something kind and good.”
“Everything considered work is less boring than amusing oneself.”
“We often forgive those who bore us but can't forgive those whom we bore.”
“Passions are less mischievous than boredom for passions tend to diminish and boredom increase.”
“Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored there must be something else I want to be doing ... boredom acts as an initiator of originality by pushing me into new activities or...”
