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A child develops best when, like a young plant, he is left undisturbed in the same soil. Too much travel, too much variety of impressions, are not goo...more

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Boredom is essentially a thwarted desire for events, not necessarily pleasant ones, but just occurrences such as will enable the victim of ennui to kn...more

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Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

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All great books contain boring portions, and all great lives have contained uninteresting stretches. Imagine a modern American publisher confronted wi...more