Best Alain de Botton Quotes
- All tours are filled with humiliation. My publisher once hired a private jet to fly me to a venue where 1,000 people were waiting. It… All
- I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the… Always Surprised
- There are people who say, 'Oh this guy is quite thick.' I think the reason is that, increasingly, I don't mind being simple in terms… Cambridge
- He did not mean to depress us, rather to free us from expectations which inspire bitterness. It is consoling, when love has let us down,… Bitterness
- Rather than getting more spoilt with age, as difficulties pile up, epiphanies of gratitude abound. Abound
- Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more important range of… Aesthetic
- According to Montaigne, it was the oppressive notion that we had complete mental control over our bodies, and the horror of departing from this portrait… According
- In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work… All
- Pegging your contentment to the overall state of the world rather than of your own life: the basis of morality, or a sort of madness? Bases
- Good sex isn't just fun, it keeps us sane and happy. Having sex with someone makes us feel wanted, alive and potent. Alive
- The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call. Becomes
- The problem isn't so much finding good ideas (there is no shortage) as embedding the ones we have into everyday practice. Embedding
- Most of us still caged within careers chosen for us by our not entirely worldly 18-22 year old selves. Caged
- When you look at the Moon, you think, ‘I’m really small. What are my problems?’ It sets things into perspective. We should all look at… All
- The problem is if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you’ll also,… Believe
- The challenge of modern relationships: how to prove more interesting than the other's smartphone. Challenge
- The fear of saying something stupid (which stupid people never have) has censored far more good ideas than bad ones. Bad
- We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next. Careful
- Unnatural to expect that learning to be happy should be any easier than, say, learning to play the violin or require any less practice. Any
- The media insists on taking what someone didn't mean to say as being far closer to the truth than what they did. Closer
- Gaffe-focused journalism: revenge of intelligent people who know true evils are out there but lack the access/time to get to them. Access
- Art holds out the promise of inner wholeness. Art
- Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own - but that we could never have described on our own. Book
- We are sad at home and blame the weather and the ugliness of the buildings, but on the tropical island we learn that the state… Appearance
- We are presented with an unpleasant choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling,… Charming
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