Useless quote for 2 July:

"I told Renae that … we were evident experts at swiftly assembling confectionery and yet we were still searching for reliable means of generating emotional stability or marital harmony."

~ Alain de Botton, 2009

#UselessQuote #AlainDeBotton

Bedtime reading ... #OnLove #AlaindeBotton #Books

#OnLove #AlaindeBotton #Books #SilentSunday

Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet. – Alain de Botton

#Memories #Philosophy #AlainDeBotton

After 40 (old age for most of man's history), one should strive to be more or less packed and ready to go were the end call to come. ~ #AlaindeBotton #quotes #life #death (Eek, what about after 60!? 😬)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23419.The_Consolations_of_Philosophy The Consolations of #Philosophy
by #AlainDeBotton "...it seemed possible to discern a small group of men, separated by centuries, sharing a loose allegiance to a vision of philosophy suggested by the Greek etymology of the word – philo, love; sophia, #wisdom – a group bound by a common interest in saying a few consoling and practical things about the causes of our greatest griefs.. https://www.youtube.com/@theschooloflifetv #TheSchoolOfLife #bookstodon #books #nonfiction

@ArgyleSoda I read The Road by #CormacMcCarthy and even tho it was a Pulitzer Prize winner I found it unenjoyable; it may have been well written but the story itself was so unremittingly depressing & horrific… ☹️ What are his other books like?
I’ve always been intimidated to read #Proust the nearest I’ve got is buying (but not reading) ‘How Proust Can Change Your Life’ by #AlainDeBotton

Classic authors I love: #Hugo #Austen #Hardy #EMForster #TheBronteSisters #FScottFitzgerald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOj5KLcymgA #AlainDeBotton #TheSchoolofLife: #Stoicism is a philosophy worked out in Ancient Greece and Rome thousands of years ago, but it remains hugely relevant to our own times: it offers us ways of learning how to cope with anxiety, fear and the dread of losing money, status and love.

If you've ever found those on an endless quest for more and more wealth baffling, especially since they frequently seem dissatisfied, even miserable, here is a compelling explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcUkgR4Op00

#schooloflife #alaindebotton #wealth #happiness