Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice. — Alain de Botton
Many moments in religion seem attractive to me even though I can’t believe in any of it. — Alain de Botton
The good parent: someone who doesn’t mind, for a time, being hated by their children. — Alain de Botton
It wasn’t only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public. — Alain de Botton
By travelling across frontiers, on horseback and in the imagination, Montaigne invited — Alain de Botton
Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly. — Alain de Botton