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Alain De Botton Quotes
"Our lives are not as firmly shaped by the practicalities of our income as by the attitudes we maintain towards our position."
"The best cure for our loneliness is learning how to communicate and connect better with those around us."
"We are all routinely encouraged to become cynical, despairing and bitter; the trick is to tell the truth without falling into these traps."
"It is in dialogue and the sharing of ideas with others that we make sense of ourselves."
"If we are inclined to forget how much we need other people, friends and family, holidays and parties all remind us."
"Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories. The first—the story of our quest for sexual love. The second—the story of our quest for a love affair with the world."
"The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness"
"We are closest to people when we promise them something that can never be delivered"
"The resolute acceptance of the unavoidable is the beginning of wisdom"
"Our job is not to be perfect; our job is to be human"
"The most powerful mind-altering substance is the human soul"
"Habit is our second nature, and it reveals with great precision the extent of our individuality"
"The most fulfilling lives are those which do not get dislodged even by extraordinary circumstances"
"There is a pleasure in being mad that only the madman knows."
"There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life."
"The longing for a destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life."
"Anyone who tries to make love disappear from life without considering its causes is like someone who executes a judge without bothering first to find out what crime he was tried for."
"The pleasure we find in thinking about the future comes not from imagining achieving our goals, but from the secret hope that we will somehow no longer be ourselves when we get there."
"To be mature means to take responsibility for defining meaning in our lives, creating fresh forms of meaning via work, relationships, and feeling the fullness of existence."
"We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the insanity of love has never saved anyone from the disease."
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