 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
A generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men, of men unduly divorced from the slow processes of nature, of men in whom every vital impulse slowly withers, as though they were cut flowers in a vase.
Source: Bertrand Russell: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930, chap.4: Boredom and excitement.
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Free time is precious, but some people schedule more and more of it. Some people are restless when they have free time. Old people who keep watching TV in a rambling manner seem to suffer from the same kind of illness.