At the beginning of human history, as we struggled to light fires and to chisel fallen trees into rudimentary canoes, who could have predicted that long after we had managed to send men to the moon and areoplanes to Australasia, we would still have such trouble knowing how to tolerate ourselves, forgive our loved ones, and apologise for our tantrums?
Alain de BottonThe problem is if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, youโll also, by implication โฆ believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there.
Alain de BottonWe are sensitized by the books we read. And the more books we read, and the deeper their lessons sink into us, the more pairs of glasses we have. And those glasses enable us to see things we would have otherwise missed.
Alain de BottonWriting isnโt a career choice. Itโs self-medication that over time precipitates the madness it was meant to ward off.
Alain de Botton