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Differ though we might with Christianity’s view of what precisely our souls need, it is hard to discredit the provocative underlying thesis.

Alain de Botton

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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn’t find anyone to talk to.
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The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word “luxury.
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Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.
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Our greatest furies spring from events which violate our sense of the ground of our existence.
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Maturity: knowing where you’re crazy, trying to warn others of the fact and striving to keep yourself under control.
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Good sex isn’t just fun, it keeps us sane and happy. Having sex with someone makes us feel wanted, alive and potent.
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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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Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.
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It wasn’t only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public.
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Never too late to learn some embarrassingly basic, stupidly obvious things about oneself.
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In the works of Lucretius, we find two reasons why we shouldn’t worry about death. If you have had a successful life, Lucretius tell us, there’s no reason to mind its end. And, if you haven’t had a good time, “Why do you seek to add more years, which would also pass but ill?”
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People who readily accept the need for a gym will resist that their personalities might need some work too.
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Politics is so difficult, it’s generally only people who aren’t quite up to the task who feel convinced they are.
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Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.
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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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When you look at the Moon, you think, ‘I’m really small. What are my problems?’ It sets things into perspective. We should all look at the Moon a bit more often.
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