“ But something held him, as the fatalist can always be held: by curiosity, pessimism, by sheer inertia. William Faulkner
“ Very often inertia, selfishness, and vanity play the greatest role in our trust in others; inertia when we prefer to trust somebody else, in order not to investigate, be vigilant, or act ourselves; se… Arthur Schopenhauer
“ Most of us probably fall several times a day into a fit somewhat like this: The eyes are fixed on vacancy, the sounds of the world melt into a confused unity, the attention is dispersed so that the wh… William James
“ Young adults rebel against the pre-invented/ packaged world, but sooner or later they stop and they also become proponents of the tried and true. Lukasz Laniecki
“ The Law of Inertia states that a body in motion will remain in motion, and a body at rest will remain at rest. In life, nothing will happen when no one will make a move HaveYouSeenThisGirL
“ Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redirect energy. Max McKeown
“ The principle of vis inertiae (...) seems to be identical in physics and metaphysics. It is not more true in the former, that a large body is with more difficulty set in motion than a smaller one, and… Edgar Allan Poe
“ Human inertia induces us to believe that our lives will never change unless we relocate. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ When we do something, we may not think about why we are doing what we are doing, says Oehler, for then it would suddenly be totally impossible for us to do anything. Thomas Bernhard
“ I remembered that once, as a child, I was filled with wonder, that I had marveled at tri-folded science projects, encyclopedias, and road atlases. I left much of that wonder somewhere between Mrs.Whee… Ta-Nehisi Coates
“ The more important question, of course, was what the new Lucy would do, and even though I was pretty sure the old Lucy wouldn't be around much anymore, I was a little bit afraid the new Lucy hadn't ye… Pam Houston
“ The stillness and stasis of bed are the perfect opposite of travel: inertia is what I've come to consider the default mode, existentially and electronically speaking. Bed, its utter inactivity, offers… Lynne Sharon Schwartz
