Alain de Botton Quotes about Understanding

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It is by finding out what something is not that one comes closest to understanding what it is.

It is by finding out what something is not that one comes closest to understanding what it is.

Alain de Botton

Understanding, Findings, Closest

"The Consolations of Philosophy". Book by Alain de Botton, 2000.

The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word "luxury.

Alain de Botton

Views, Luxury, Understanding

The lesson? To respond to the unexpected and hurtful behavior of others with something more than a wipe of the glasses, to see it as a chance to expand our understanding.

Alain de Botton

Glasses, Understanding, Hurtful

Alain De Botton (1997). “How Proust Can Change Your Life: Not a Novel”, Pantheon

For all his understanding of worldly concerns, when it came to fathoming the deeper meaning of his own furious activity, Sir Bob displayed the sort of laziness for which he himself had no patience in others. He appeared to have only a passing interest in the overall purpose of his financial accumulation.

Alain de Botton

Understanding, Laziness, Bob

"The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work". Book by Alain de Botton, 2009.

Alain de Botton Quotes about Understanding

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