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The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having to tell a joke or mimic an accent on demand.

Alain de Botton

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There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it.
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The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness”.
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One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.
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What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married.
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You have to be quite heavily invested in someone to do them the honour of telling them you’re annoyed with them.
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An argument in a couple: 2 people attempting to introduce each other to important truths – by panicked shouting.
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To one’s enemies: “I hate myself more than you ever could.
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We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.
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Unhappiness can stem from having only one perspective to play with.
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Which seems no less relevant in the secular realm than in the religious one-that we have within us a precious, childlike, vulnerable core which we should nourish and nurture on its turbulent journey through life.
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We are like an exquisite high-speed aircraft which for lack of a tiny part is left stranded beside the runway, rendered slower than a tractor or bicycle.
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What am I supposed to do here? What am I supposed to think?
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Our jobs make relentless calls on a narrow band of our faculties, reducing our chances of achieving rounded personalities and leaving us to suspect (often in the gathering darkness of a Sunday evening) that much of who we are, or could be, has gone unexplored.
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One of the unexpectedly important things that art can do for us is to teach us how to suffer more successfully.
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Bad art might be defined as a series of bad choices about what to show and what to leave out.
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Unnatural to expect that learning to be happy should be any easier than, say, learning to play the violin or require any less practice.
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