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1 " For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time. "
― Lars Fredrik Händler Svendsen , A Philosophy of Boredom
2 " Man is a world-forming being, a being that actively constitutes his own world, but when everything is always already fully coded, the active constituting of the world is made superfluous, and we lose friction in relation to the world.We Romantics need a meaning that we ourselves realize – and the person who is preoccupied with self-realization inevitably has a meaning problem. This is no one collective meaning in life any more, a meaning that it is up to the individual to participate in. Nor is it that easy to find an own meaning in life, either. The meaning that most people embrace is self-realization as such, but it is not obvious what type of self is to be realized, nor whatshould possibly result from it. The person who is certain as regards himself will not ask the question as to who he is. Only a problematic self feels the need for realization. "
3 " In order to live a meaningful life,humans need answers, i.e., a certain understanding of basic existential questions. These ‘answers’ do not have to be made completely explicit, as a lack of words does not necessarily indicate a lack of understanding, but one has to able to place oneself in the world and build a relatively stable identity. The founding of such an identity is only possible if one can tell a relatively coherent story about who one has been and who one intends to be. "
4 " A utopia cannot, by definition, include boredom, but the ‘utopia’ we are living in is boring. "
5 " Animals can be understimulated, but hardly bored. "
6 " One mood can be replaced by another, but it is impossible to leave attunement altogether. However, profound boredom brings us as close to a state of un-attunement as we can come. "
7 " Anthropocentrism gave rise to boredom, and when anthropomorphism was replaced by technocentrism, boredom became even more profound. "
8 " Traditions brings continuity to one’s existence, but this sort of continuity is precisely what has been increasingly lostthroughout modernity. "
9 " Self-identity is inextricably bound up with the identity of the surroundings. "
10 " We spontaneously relate to ourselves and the world by means of the technical object. "
11 " Heidegger’s concept for the kind of being we ourselves are is Dasein. Literally it means ‘being-there’.We are the sort of beings who are there, in the world. What characterizes Dasein is that its existence is a concern for it in its existence. "
12 " Traditions have been replaced by lifestyles. "
13 " Live a lie, dance forever. "
14 " your life’s most important lesson … that you are completely insignificant. "
15 " Boredom always contains a critical element, because it expresses the idea that either a given situation or existence as a whole is deeply unsatisfying. "
16 " the person who advocates work as a cure for boredom is confusing a temporary removal of the symptoms with curing a disease. "
17 " Diary of a Country Priest: So I said to myself that people are consumed by boredom. Naturally, one has to ponder for a while to realise this – one does not see it immediately. It is a like some sort of dust. One comes and goes without seeing it, one breathes it in, one eats it, one drinks it, and it is so fine that it doesn’t even scrunch between one’s teeth. But if one stops up for a moment, it settles like a blanket over the face and hands. One has to constantly shake this ash-rain off one. That is why people are so restless.7 It "
18 " To become mature is to accept that life cannot remain in the enchanted realm of childhood, that life to a certain extent is boring, but at the same time to realize that this does not make life unliveable. "
19 " the ‘strange melancholy which often haunts the inhabitants of democratic countries in the midst of their abundance. "
20 " Only those who can truly give themselves a burden are free. "
