Distress at losing an object can be as much a frustration at the intellectual mystery of the disappearance as about the loss itself.
Alain de BottonTags: loss mystery frustration losing distress
The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word "luxury.
Alain de BottonTags: happiness materialism luxury
It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser, though he has lost and I think that is the lesson of tragedy.
Alain de BottonThe more people you have to ask for permission, the more dangerous a project gets.
Alain de BottonTags: danger permission projects
Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.
Alain de BottonTags: relationships intimacy weirdness
The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness".
Alain de BottonTags: sadness personality anxiety
Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice.
Alain de BottonTags: practice contentment difficulty ease
Bitterness: anger that forgot where it came from.
Alain de BottonTags: forgetfulness anger bitterness
We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as beautiful, intelligent, and witty as we are ugly, stupid, and dull. But what if such a perfect being should one day turn around and decide they will love us back? We can only be somewhat shocked-how can they be as wonderful as we had hoped when they have the bad taste to approve of someone like us?
Alain de BottonPerhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who can understand what we are saying in essence, we are not wholly alive until we are loved.
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