Quotes by : Oliver Burkeman

Mainly, it’s not that there are things you can’t say. It’s that there are things you can’t say....

The routines of almost all famous writers, from Charles Darwin to John Grisham, similarly emphasise specific....

...it pointed to an alternative approach, a ‘negative path’ to happiness, that entailed taking a....

...no matter how much success you may experience in life, your eventual story - no offence intended -....

But sometimes you simply can't make yourself feel like acting. And in those situations, motivational....

Part of the problem with positive thinking, and many related approaches to happiness, is exactly this....

Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of....

And here lies the essential difference between Stoicism and the modern-day 'cult of optimism.' For the....

I came to understand that happiness and vulnerability are often the same thing.

A person who has resolved to ‘think positive’ must constantly scan his or her mind for negative thoughts....