The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but w... - Alain de Botton

"If one felt successful, there'd be so little incentive to be successful."

"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."

"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."

"Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us."