One's doing well if age improves even slightly one's capacity to hold …

Alain de Botton
240 citations
One's doing well if age improves even slightly one's capacity to hold on to that vital truism: This too shall pass.
Humor
23

More Author Quotes

I feel that the great challenge of our time is the communication of ideas. ✨ The School of Life: An Interview With Alain de Botton. Interview with Mark Matousek, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 12, 2016.
The more closely we analyze what we consider 'sexy,' the more clearly we will understand that eroticism is the feeling of excitement we experience at finding another human being who shares our values … ▶
What is a snob? A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you and uses that to come to a complete vision of who you are. That is snobbery. ✨ What's A Kinder Way To Frame Success?. Interview wi … ▶
The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person.
Our disrespect for thinking: someone sitting in a chair, gazing out of a window blankly, always described as 'doing nothing'.

One's doing well if age improves even slightly one's capacity to hold on to that vital truism: This too shall pass.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes