About Alain de Botton:
Alain de Botton is a Swiss-born, British-based philosopher, writer, and television presenter. His books and television programmes discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. At 23, he published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997), Status Anxiety (2004) and The Architecture of Happiness (2006).
One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me?
Alain de BottonThere is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.
Alain de BottonThere's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.
Alain de BottonMost of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.
Alain de BottonThe mind does most of its best thinking when we aren't there. The answers are there in the morning.
Alain de BottonAnyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.
Alain de BottonFeeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.
Alain de BottonBeing content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice.
Alain de Botton