Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it a... - Alain de Botton

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

"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."

"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."

"We study biology, physics, movements of glaciers... Where are the classes on envy, feeling wronged, despair, bitterness..."