"We are closest to people when we…" — Alain de Botton

UNVERIFIED

当我们向别人承诺永远无法实现的事情时，我们与他们关系最密切。

Unverified

We haven't checked the source or attribution.

Our editorial team hasn't reviewed this quote yet, so neither its source nor its attribution has been confirmed. Treat it as unverified for now.

Translations

“We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the insanity of love has...”

Alain de Botton

“Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity”

“The essence of art is to capture fleeting beauty”

“Happiness can be a quiet, inward experience”

FEATURED QUOTES

“The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let g...”

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“You know what the happiest animal on Earth is? It's a goldfish. You know why? It's got a 1...”

“The greatest lessons in life are often learned through failure. Embrace it, learn from it,...”

“We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchsto...”

“I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways ...”

“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.”

“Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.”

“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you”

“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”