English - Writer | December 20, 1969 -
The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives me nuts. I can't accept that.
Alain de Botton
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The philosophy I love is very selective. It is really just the bit that is involved in a search for wisdom, and this means a short roll call of names; Socrates, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epicurus, Montaigne, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche.
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I like working with people. I believe change can only come through collaboration.
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I like the values associated with a medical family - common sense, being practical but also thoughtful.
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In the early days of love sometimes, you will report an ecstatic feeling you have met someone who seems to understand you without you needing to speak.
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If you are pro love, you have to be a little bit disloyal to the romantic feelings that propel you in the early days.
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Sweetness is the opposite of machismo, which is everywhere - and I really don't get on with machismo. I'm interested in sensitivity and weakness and fear and anxiety because I think that, at the end of the day, behind our masks, that's what we are.
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You will often be in despair. You will sometimes think it's the worst decision in your life. That's fine. That's not a sign your marriage has gone wrong. It's a sign that it's normal; it's on track. And many of the hopes that took you into the marriage will have to die in order for the marriage to continue.
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The death of marriage has been announced so often and would seem so normal, in a sense. So what's surprising is the sheer longevity and tenacity of this institution.
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The modern world thinks of art as very important: something close to the meaning of life.
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One of the most welcome aspects of office work is that you do not need to be fully yourself.
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Emotional life is - alongside work - one of the great challenges of existence and is a theme that I keep returning to.
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