Alain de Botton Quote

Put down your stones. Why are you breaking the window when God has left the door wide open? If you are afraid, lover, follow me. I will guide the way.

We live in a society where mutual respect and appreciation should be considered one of the pillars of modern life.

The day when the fire that we had lit in our minds reaches our hearts, we will start turning every person that we come in contact with into ashes. We become the ghosts that we always feared.

The single greatest cause of happiness is gratitude.

I have found so much beauty in the dark,as I have found a lot of horror in the light.

My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...

Every challenge, every adversity, contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.

The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent on circumstances. It is the happiness and contentment that fills the soul even in the midst of the...

The most attractive thing about you should have less to do with your face or body and more to do with your attitude and how you treat people.

All shadows of clouds the sun cannot hide like the moon cannot stop oceanic tide;but a hidden star can still be smiling at night's black spell on darkness, beguiling