Single Idea 23062

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom]

Full Idea

I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them.

Gist of Idea

It is better to watch the hours pass, than trying to fill them

Source

E.M. Cioran (The Trouble with Being Born [1973], 01)

Book Reference

Cioran,E.M.: 'The Trouble with Being Born', ed/tr. Richard Howard [Penguin 2012], p.2


A Reaction

As Nietzsche would have pointed out, this came from a man who regularly wrote books. It is, though, certainly worth asking whether the way we fill our time is better than doing nothing.