I'm one of those introverted people who simply fee... -Alain de Botton

I'm one of those introverted people who simply feels a lot better after spending time alone thinking through ideas and emotions. This is a sign, I've come to think, of a kind of emotional disturbance - a reaction to inner fragility. I wish I were more able to just act and do, rather than constantly have to retreat and examine and think.

Alain de Botton , Writer
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Alain de Botton is a Swiss-born British writer and philosopher. He has authored numerous books that explore various aspects of human life, including love, work, and the pursuit of happiness. De Botton's insightful and accessible approach to philosophy and self-help has made him a popular and influential figure in contemporary literature.

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I do think that travel can be part of a journey of inner maturation, but you've got to do it right....
Travel is a lot like love....
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There's a constant tension between the excitement of new people and security with one person. If you go with excitement, you create chaos; you hurt pe...
The claims I'm making for art are simply the claims that we naturally make around music or around poetry. We're much more relaxed around those art for...
On paper, being good sounds great but a lot depends on the atmosphere of the workplace or community we live in. We tend to become good or bad dependin...
A city like London is sociable in a sense that there are people gathering in bars and restaurants, concerts and lectures. Yet you can partake of all t...
I like the values associated with a medical family - common sense, being practical but also thoughtful....
I feel that the great challenge of our time is the communication of ideas....
The person who is truly best suited to us is not the person who shares our tastes, but the person who can negotiate differences in taste intelligently...

Alone Quotes to Explore

Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone....
I wanted the Peace Corps to be something very vague and unorganized, and to a large extent it was. It did not run smoothly. The consequence was that w...
Victims always feel alone and helpless....
I don't even know how much money I've spent on all of this stuff... Just in plates and bars alone, it's literally a ridiculous amount of money I've sp...
The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient....
I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone....
I really love football and for this reason alone, I trained hard every day, building up good stamina and energy....
I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did not feel entitled to intervene; but ...
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A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone,...