Best Alain de Botton Sayings
- Sublime places repeat in grand terms a lesson that ordinary life typically teaches viciously: that the universe is mightier than we are, that we are… Accept
- Objectively good spaces to work rarely end up being so; in their faultlessness, quiet and well-equipped studios have a habit of rendering the fear of… Animal
- Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly. Badly
- The only possible way to begin a book is to tell oneself that its eventual failure is guaranteed — but survivable. Begin
- The happiness that may emerge from taking a second look is central to Proust's therapeutic conception. It reveals the extent to which our dissatisfactions may… Anything Inherently
- Taking architecture seriously therefore makes some singular and strenuous demands upon us...It means conceding that we are inconveniently vulnerable to the colour of our wallpaper… Architecture
- What we find exotic abroad may be what we hunger for in vain at home. Abroad
- Every adult life could be said to be defined by two great love stories: the story of our quest for sexual love and the story… Adult
- If optimism is important, it's because many outcomes are determined by how much of it we bring to the task. It is an important ingredient… Absence
- One of our major flaws, and causes of unhappiness, is that we find it hard to take note of appreciate and be grateful for what… Always Around
- The degree of sympathy we feel regarding another's fiasco is directly proportional to how easy or difficult it is for us to imagine ourselves, under… Circumstances
- We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them. Anything Beautiful
- It's perhaps easier now than ever before to make a good living; it's perhaps harder than ever before to stay calm, to be free of… Anxiety
- Let's say you went to Harvard or Oxford or Cambridge, and you said, 'I've come here because I'm in search of morality, guidance and consolation;… Asylum
- No one is able to produce a great work of art without experience, nor achieve a worldly position immediately, nor be a great lover at… Able
- People who readily accept the need for a gym will resist that their personalities might need some work too. Accept
- Writing isn’t a career choice. It’s self-medication that over time precipitates the madness it was meant to ward off. Career
- Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains. Conducive
- The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word "luxury. Age
- The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone. Challenge
- The good parent: someone who doesn't mind, for a time, being hated by their children. Children
- Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet. Biscuits
- The more closely we analyze what we consider 'sexy,' the more clearly we will understand that eroticism is the feeling of excitement we experience at… Analyze
- Reputation matters so much only because people so seldom think for themselves. Matters
- There is always the option of being emotionally lazy, that is, of quoting. Emotionally
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