Most anger stems from feelings of weakness, sadness and fear: hard to remember when one is at the receiving end of its defiant roar.
ALAIN DE BOTTONThe dream of the news is that it makes us care about other people and situations. But we cannot identify with people to whom we haven’t been introduced. Humans will only respond to art, to people who are skilled in making you care.
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The media insists on taking what someone didn’t mean to say as being far closer to the truth than what they did.
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The finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else.
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One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.
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My writing always came out of a very personal place, out of an attempt to stay sane.
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The greatest difficulty of Travel is that one is forced to take oneself along.
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to design means forcing ourselves to unlearn what we believe we already know, patiently to take apart the mechanisms behind our reflexes and to acknowledge the mystery and stupefying complexity of everyday gestures like switching off a light of turning on a tap
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The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.
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As an atheist, I think there are lots of things religions get up to which are of value to non-believers – and one of those things is trying to be a bit better than we normally manage to be.
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Cynics are – beneath it all – only idealists with awkwardly high standards.
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Curiosity takes ignorance seriously – and is confident enough to admit when it’s in the dark. It is aware of not knowing. And then it sets out to do something about it.
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We will cease to be angry once we cease to be so hopeful.
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We need objects to remind us of the commitments we’ve made. That carpet from Morocco reminds us of the impulsive, freedom-loving side of ourselves we’re in danger of losing touch with. Beautiful furniture gives us something to live up to. All designed objects are propaganda for a way of life.
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The only way to be happy is to realise how much depends on how you look at things
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Endeavoring to purchase something we think beautiful may in fact be the most unimaginative way of dealing with the longing it excites in us, just as trying to sleep with someone may be the bluntest response to a feeling of love.
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Though it may feel otherwise, enjoying life is no more dangerous than apprehending it with continuous anxiety and gloom.
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