boredom quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other."
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"The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom."
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"Feeling motivated and energized, we can overcome almost anything. Feeling bored and restless, our minds shut off and we become increasingly passive."
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"Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life, which makes them constantly search for distractions and short-circuits the learning process. The pain is a kind of challenge your mind presents- will you lean how to focus and move past the boredom, or like a child will you succumb to the need for immediate pleasure and distraction?"
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"..you must meet any boredom head-on and not try to avoid or repress it. Throughout your life you will encounter tedious situations, and you must cultivate the ability to handle them with discipline."
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"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need."
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"Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself."
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"..the initial stages of learning a skill invariably involve tedium. Yet rather than avoiding this inevitable tedium, you must accept and embrace it. The pain and boredom we experience in the initial stage of learning a skill toughens our minds, much like physical exercise."
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