Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel...

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel...

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses....

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses....

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the...

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the...

I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously...

I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously...

The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind....

The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind....

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's...

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's...

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...