It is by finding out what something is not that one comes closest to understanding what it is.

The fear of saying something stupid (which stupid people never have) has censored far more good ideas than bad ones.

Not everyone is worth listening to.

True love is a lack of desire to check one's smartphone in another's presence.

Envy: a confused, tangled guide to one's own ambitions.

One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me?

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

We will cease to be angry once we cease to be so hopeful.

The greatest works of art speak to us without knowing us.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.

Though it may feel otherwise, enjoying life is no more dangerous than apprehending it with continuous anxiety and gloom.

I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living.

The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts.

Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.

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

The only way to be happy is to realise how much depends on how you look at things

Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.

Everyone wants a better life: very few of us want to be better people.