"Ironically, often the thing that keeps me from……" — John Ortberg

"Ironically, often the thing that keeps me from experiencing joy is my preoccupation with self. The very selfishness that keeps me from pouring myself out for the joy of others also keeps me from noticing and delighting in the myriad small gifts God offers each day. This is why Walker Percy describes boredom as "the self stuffed with the self.""

— John Ortberg

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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
I have a fear of being boring. — Christian Bale
No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film. — Robert Adams
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire
Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. — Walter Benjamin
Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that… — Renata Adler
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. — Ambrose Bierce
For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life… — Joseph Brodsky
I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do. — Lenny Bruce
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. — Jean de la Bruyere
I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so… — Warren Buffett
In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom. — William S. Burroughs

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