Quotes by : Alain de Botton

He feared that by leaving her he would ruin her life - so he stayed, and did just that.

What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married.

Insomnia is his mind's revenge for all the tricky thoughts he has carefully avoided during the daylight....

Most business meetings involve one party elaborately suppressing a wish to shout at the other: 'just....

It's hard loving those who don't much like themselves: "If you're so great, why would you think I'm so....

My dad was a slightly stricter version of Richard Dawkins. The worldview was that there are idiots out....

Judged against eternity, how little of what agitates us makes any difference.

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

Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice.

I'm fascinated by Comte's clear-eyed analysis of what was wrong with modern society, which is that you've....