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A Wonder And A Privilege

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 19, 2024| 2 Comments »

…Looking at a different version of ambition to my own, I went off to university or my life’s idea of sanctuary.  About two terms into my journey some student said, “It’s so boring here” and I looked at him with amazement and said “Come with me.”
I took him to the library and, pointing in the direction of the books, whispered, “Here, on every shelf, you can connect with the finest minds published throughout the history of man.  You can discuss any subject you choose and those most nuanced and aware in their field will share their insights with you, and you have all the time you want to enjoy that conversation:  is that not a wonder and a privilege?”
    —     Peter Wells
[Found on one of the blogs I follow:  https://countingducks.wordpress.com/
The specific post is:  https://countingducks.wordpress.com/2016/03/17/the-point-of-living/
Please visit the original site if you have a few spare minutes.     —     kmab]
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Me, Myself And I

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , on December 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I am rarely bored alone;  I am often bored in groups and crowds.
    —     Laurie Helgoe
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Must Be Why I Like Dreamin’

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on September 15, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Life without a daily dream is not life at all.  It is, at best, an excursion into boredom.
     —    Joan Chittister
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Mine, Too

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on October 9, 2018| Leave a Comment »

My favorite cure for boredom is sleep.  It’s very easy to get to sleep when bored and very hard to get bored after a long rest.
     —    Robert M. Pirsig
From his book:  “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance“
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Oh, Heaven (Too)

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 23, 2018| 2 Comments »

I do not myself believe that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.
    —    Bertrand Russell
I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more.  For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
    —    Isaac Asimov
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Are You Bored, Too?

Posted in Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged , , , , on December 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »

About the dumb Earthlings versus the smart Earthlings:  I have known a fair number of scientists over the years, and I noticed that they were often as bored by each other’s work as dumb people would be.
    —    Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
From his book:  “Wampeters Foma & Granfalloons“
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