Alain de Botton Thoughts
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True love is a lack of desire to check one's smartphone in another's presence.
Not everyone is worth listening to.
The fear of saying something stupid (which stupid people never have) has censored far more good ideas than bad ones.
Reputation matters so much only because people so seldom think for themselves.
What should worry us is not the number of people that oppose us, but how good their reasons are for doing so.
The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person.
We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us.
A good half of the art of living is resilience.
Unhappiness can stem from having only one perspective to play with.
Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.
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Until you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.
If you can neither accept it or change it, try to laugh at it.
Never fear another challenger, no matter how large; Never despise another challenger, no matter how small.
You must not only learn to live with tension, you must seek it out. You must learn to thrive on stress.
Envy: a confused, tangled guide to one's own ambitions.