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Alain De Botton Quotes

Intuition is unconscious accumulated experience informing judgement in real time Picture Quote #1

The only people we can think of as normal are those we don’t yet know very well Picture Quote #1

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice Picture Quote #1

A notorious inability to express emotions makes human beings the only animals capable of suicide Picture Quote #1

Though it may feel otherwise, enjoying life is no more dangerous than apprehending it with continuous anxiety and gloom Picture Quote #1

We don’t really learn anything properly until there is a problem, until we are in pain, until something fails to go as we had hoped... We suffer, therefore we think Picture Quote #1

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The lesson? To respond to the unexpected and hurtful behavior of others with something more than a wipe of the glasses, to see it as a chance to expand our understanding Picture Quote #1

There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most Picture Quote #1

The mind does most of its best thinking when we aren’t there. The answers are there in the morning Picture Quote #1

Politics is so difficult, it’s generally only people who aren’t quite up to the task who feel convinced they are Picture Quote #1

Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason Picture Quote #1

The secular world is full of holes. We have secularized badly Picture Quote #1

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True love is a lack of desire to check one’s smartphone in another’s presence Picture Quote #1

Insomnia is a glamorous term for thoughts you forgot to have in the day Picture Quote #1

Never, ever become a writer. It’s a nightmare Picture Quote #1

I feel that the great challenge of our time is the communication of ideas Picture Quote #1

There may be no good reason for things to be the way they are Picture Quote #1

Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers Picture Quote #1

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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 formal aspects of their work Picture Quote #1

Only by declaring a book completely finished can one start to see how much remains to be done on it Picture Quote #1

It seems the only way to write a half decent book is to worry oneself sick on an hourly basis that one is producing a complete disaster Picture Quote #1

Memory is... similar to anticipation: an instrument of simplification and selection Picture Quote #1

We study biology, physics, movements of glaciers... Where are the classes on envy, feeling wronged, despair, bitterness Picture Quote #1

Choosing a spouse and a choosing career: the two great decisions for which society refuses to set up institutional guidance Picture Quote #1

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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 for a writer. You can’t put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well Picture Quote #1

Pick up any newspaper or magazine, open the TV, and you’ll be bombarded with suggestions of how to have a successful life. Some of these suggestions are deeply unhelpful to our own projects and priorities - and we should take care Picture Quote #1

The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it’s a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil Picture Quote #1

These inventors were elevating the formulation of entrepreneurial ideas to the status of a visionary activity. Though forced to justify their efforts in the pragmatic language of venture capital, they were at heart utopian thinkers intent on transforming the world Picture Quote #1

The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others Picture Quote #1

Philosophy, art, politics, religion and bohemia have never sought to do away entirely with the status hierarchy; they have attemptee, rather, to institute new kinds of hierarchies based on sets of values unrecognised by, and critical of, those of the majority.. They have provided us with persuasive and consoling reminders that there is more than one way of succeeding in life Picture Quote #1

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Intuition is unconscious accumulated experience informing judgement in real time (Alain De Botton Quotes) The only people we can think of as normal are those we don’t yet know very well (Alain De Botton Quotes) Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice (Alain De Botton Quotes) A notorious inability to express emotions makes human beings the only animals capable of suicide (Alain De Botton Quotes) Though it may feel otherwise, enjoying life is no more dangerous than apprehending it with continuous anxiety and gloom (Alain De Botton Quotes) We don’t really learn anything properly until there is a problem, until we are in pain, until something fails to go as we had hoped... We suffer, therefore we think (Alain De Botton Quotes) The lesson? To respond to the unexpected and hurtful behavior of others with something more than a wipe of the glasses, to see it as a chance to expand our understanding (Alain De Botton Quotes) There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most (Alain De Botton Quotes) The mind does most of its best thinking when we aren’t there. The answers are there in the morning (Alain De Botton Quotes) Politics is so difficult, it’s generally only people who aren’t quite up to the task who feel convinced they are (Alain De Botton Quotes) Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason (Alain De Botton Quotes) The secular world is full of holes. We have secularized badly (Alain De Botton Quotes) True love is a lack of desire to check one’s smartphone in another’s presence (Alain De Botton Quotes) Insomnia is a glamorous term for thoughts you forgot to have in the day (Alain De Botton Quotes) Never, ever become a writer. It’s a nightmare (Alain De Botton Quotes) I feel that the great challenge of our time is the communication of ideas (Alain De Botton Quotes) There may be no good reason for things to be the way they are (Alain De Botton Quotes) Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers (Alain De Botton Quotes) 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 formal aspects of their work (Alain De Botton Quotes) Only by declaring a book completely finished can one start to see how much remains to be done on it (Alain De Botton Quotes) It seems the only way to write a half decent book is to worry oneself sick on an hourly basis that one is producing a complete disaster (Alain De Botton Quotes) Memory is... similar to anticipation: an instrument of simplification and selection (Alain De Botton Quotes) We study biology, physics, movements of glaciers... Where are the classes on envy, feeling wronged, despair, bitterness (Alain De Botton Quotes) Choosing a spouse and a choosing career: the two great decisions for which society refuses to set up institutional guidance (Alain De Botton Quotes) 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 for a writer. You can’t put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well (Alain De Botton Quotes) Pick up any newspaper or magazine, open the TV, and you’ll be bombarded with suggestions of how to have a successful life. Some of these suggestions are deeply unhelpful to our own projects and priorities - and we should take care (Alain De Botton Quotes) The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it’s a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil (Alain De Botton Quotes) These inventors were elevating the formulation of entrepreneurial ideas to the status of a visionary activity. Though forced to justify their efforts in the pragmatic language of venture capital, they were at heart utopian thinkers intent on transforming the world (Alain De Botton Quotes) The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others (Alain De Botton Quotes) Philosophy, art, politics, religion and bohemia have never sought to do away entirely with the status hierarchy; they have attemptee, rather, to institute new kinds of hierarchies based on sets of values unrecognised by, and critical of, those of the majority.. They have provided us with persuasive and consoling reminders that there is more than one way of succeeding in life (Alain De Botton Quotes)

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