It's great to get an 'F', but you also want to give the sense that there's something outside achievement. I've seen a lot of so-called high-achievers who don't feel they've achieved much.
From Alain de Botton
I guess my overall life plan is to think about issues that concern me and try to use culture generally to make sense of them. I'm more worried that I'm going to die before I've had time.
What annoys me about most self-help books is that they have no tragic sense. They have no sense that life is fundamentally incomplete rather than accidentally incomplete.
The humanities have been forced to disguise, both from themselves and their students, why their subjects really matter, for the sake of attracting money and prestige in a world obsessed by the achievements of science.
We are properly ready for marriage when we are strong enough to embrace a life of frustration.
To a shameful extent, the charm of marriage boils down to how unpleasant it is to be alone.
What we typically call love is only the start of love. Our understanding of love has been hijacked and beguiled by its first distractingly moving moments.
Small issues are really just large ones that haven't been accorded the requisite attention.
Travel is a lot like love.
I do think that travel can be part of a journey of inner maturation, but you've got to do it right.
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