Famous Alain de Botton Quotes

  • He feared that by leaving her he would ruin her life – so he stayed, and did just that. – Alain de Botton

    He feared that by leaving her he would ruin her life – so he stayed, and did just that.– Alain de Botton

  • Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge. – Alain de Botton

    Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge.– Alain de Botton

  • The more people you have to ask for permission, the more dangerous a project gets. – Alain de Botton

    The more people you have to ask for permission, the more dangerous a project gets.– Alain de Botton

  • Judged against eternity, how little of what agitates us makes any difference. – Alain de Botton

    Judged against eternity, how little of what agitates us makes any difference.– Alain de Botton

  • We never envy another’s achievement more than when we know very little about how it was attained. – Alain de Botton

    We never envy another’s achievement more than when we know very little about how it was attained.– Alain de Botton

  • To appreciate life’s small moments, it helps to have a sense the whole can never be made perfect. – Alain de Botton

    To appreciate life’s small moments, it helps to have a sense the whole can never be made perfect.– Alain de Botton

  • Half the ingratitude and complacency in the world down to how slowly and imperceptibly most good and bad things unfold. – Alain de Botton

    Half the ingratitude and complacency in the world down to how slowly and imperceptibly most good and bad things unfold.– Alain de Botton

  • It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. – Alain de Botton

    It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value.– Alain de Botton

  • The continuing belief that the world is fundamentally just is implied in the very complaint that there has been an injustice. – Alain de Botton

    The continuing belief that the world is fundamentally just is implied in the very complaint that there has been an injustice.– Alain de Botton

  • 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. – Alain de Botton

    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.– Alain de Botton