The School of Life uitspraken
The School of Life is een initiatief van de filosoof Alain de Botton met vestigingen over de hele wereld, bedoeld als een plek om stil te staan bij fundamentele vragen van het leven. Zie ook theschooloflife.com
Being properly mature involves a frank, unfrightened relationship with one’s own darkness, complexity and ambition.
The cynic is never truly and completely cynical. They are still recovering from hopes that grew too painful to avow.
However close we may be to someone because they’ve been nice to us, it is nothing next to the closeness we’ll achieve if we allow them to show us, without shaming or humiliating, what really isn’t quite so nice about them.
One of the central requirements of a good relationship is a degree of affection for ourselves.
Confidence isn’t arrogance. It’s based on a constant awareness of how short life is. And how little we ultimately lose from risking everything.
