Quotes by : Alain de Botton

The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person.

[T]he unsympathetic assessments we make of others are usually the result of nothing more sinister than....

A good half of the art of living is resilience.

In the immediate vicinity, there might well be stability and peace. In the garden, a breeze may be swaying....

In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion.

Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge.

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

Where is instruction in relationships, in the management of career, in the raising of children, in the....

Standing before costly objects of technological beauty, we may be tempted to reject the possibility of....

Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.