“The central solution to all this trouble is to normalise a new and more accurate picture of emotional functioning: to make it clear just how healthy and mature it is to be fragile and in repeated need of reassurance –… — The School of Life Copy Share Image
“If we cannot always be entirely sane in our relationships, the kindest thing we can do for those who care about us is to hand over some maps that try to chart and guide others through the more disturbed regions… — The School of Life Copy Share Image
“He simply believed that the capitalist system forces everyone to put economic interests at the heart of their lives, so that they can no longer know deep, honest relationships. He called this psychological tendency Warenfetischismus (commodity fetishism) because it makes us value things that have no objective value and encourages us to see our relationships with others primarily in economic… — The School of Life Copy Share
“Hold your beliefs lightly.’ Certainty is not necessarily a friend of sanity, although it is often mistaken for it.” — The School of Life Copy Share Image
“The central solution to all this trouble is to normalise a new and more accurate picture of emotional functioning: to make it clear just… — The School of Life Copy Share Image
“Aristotle also observed that every virtue seems to be bang in the middle of two vices. It occupies what he termed ‘the golden mean’… — The School of Life Copy Share Image
“We need to imagine the turmoil, disappointment, worry and sheer confusion in people who may outwardly appear merely aggressive.” — The School of Life Copy Share Image
“The ideal parent is not anxiously hanging around trying to micromanage everything. The ideal parent makes it feel that problems, difficulties and dangers don’t… — The School of Life Copy Share Image
“We may believe we are seeking happiness in love, but what we are really after is familiarity.” — The School of Life Copy Share Image
“Morris wished for people to see their purchases as investments and buy items sparingly. He would have preferred for someone to spend £1,000 on… — The School of Life Copy Share Image
“The road to calmer relationships therefore isn’t necessarily about removing points of contention. It’s rather about assuming that they are going to happen and… — The School of Life Copy Share Image
“The great works of culture have it in their power to clear mental confusion, they give us words for things we had felt but… — The School of Life Copy Share Image
“If we cannot always be entirely sane in our relationships, the kindest thing we can do for those who care about us is to… — The School of Life Copy Share Image
