More quotes by Alain de Botton

"The price we have paid for expecting to be so much more than our ancestors is a perpetual anxiety that we are far from being all we might be."
"Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope."
"There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life."
"I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it."
"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."