More quotes by Alain de Botton

"There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life."
"Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them."
"If one felt successful, there'd be so little incentive to be successful."
"Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope."
"The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts."