It is perhaps sad books that best console us when we are sad, and to lonely service stations that we should drive when there is no one for us to hold or love.
Alain de BottonOne of the unexpectedly important things that art can do for us is to teach us how to suffer more successfully.
Alain de BottonThe more dignity is widely and freely available in a society, the less people want to be famous.
Alain de BottonOur disrespect for thinking: someone sitting in a chair, gazing out of a window blankly, always described as 'doing nothing'.
Alain de Botton