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The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.
– Alain de Botton

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  3. Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains. – Alain de Botton
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  21. Pegging your contentment to the overall state of the world rather than of your own life: the basis of morality, or a sort of madness? – Alain de Botton
  22. The rich believe that their money will insulate them from setbacks and frustrations, and that’s one of the absurdist expectations of all. – Alain de Botton
  23. As victims of hurt, we frequently don’t bring up what ails us, because so many wounds look absurd in the light of day. – Alain de Botton
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  31. Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude – not a punishment for making money. – Alain de Botton
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  33. The best cure for one’s bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person. – Alain de Botton
  34. Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand. – Alain de Botton
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  36. Being snappy is a symptom of an argument we forgot to have some way back. – Alain de Botton
  37. The continuing belief that the world is fundamentally just is implied in the very complaint that there has been an injustice. – Alain de Botton
  38. Half the ingratitude and complacency in the world down to how slowly and imperceptibly most good and bad things unfold. – Alain de Botton
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