Boredom
Quotes on Boredom
Boredom is … a vital consideration for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) British philosopher, mathematician
No society seems ever to have succumbed to boredom. Man has developed an obvious capacity for surviving the pompous reiteration of the commonplace.
John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908) American economist
Only the finest and most active animals are capable of boredom. A subject for a great poet— God’s boredom on the seventh day of creation.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher
A yawn is a silent shout.
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)British author
