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

Topics: Boredom Quotes, Travel Quotes

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...

The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to...

The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to...

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his...

The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his...

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.

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...

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about...

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about...

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to...

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to...

God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your...

God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your...

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

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,...

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it...

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it...

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy?...

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy?...

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...

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power...

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power...

For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now...

For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now...