The statistics of suicide show that for non-combatants at least life is more interesting in war than in peace.
Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.
Pain is never permanent.
Over-excitement and boredom are states of mind which I equally shun.
Banality is a terribly likely consequence of the underuse of a good mind.
Anything can happen to anyone at any time and you shouldn't just live through the days, or you lose them. You should do what you can to enjoy every moment.
The strongest of all warriors are these two-Time and Patience.
In the ancient recipe the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep drink and travel. It is rather feeble. From sleep you wake up from drink you become sober and from travel you come home...
Boredom is simply the lack of imagination.
Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?
If your daily life seems poor do not blame it blame yourself tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Boredom ... causes us to neglect more duties than does interest.
Man lives by habits indeed but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
Some guys spend days looking for something they lost. I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I'd care too much.
it does not count a day if you do not learn something new from it ,its not nice to become old in years while your true age is only a few days
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea.
Panic is not an effective long-term organizing strategy.
Sadness and gladness succeed each other.