“Our bodies hold our minds hostage to their whims and rhythms.”
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter IV, Consolation For Inadequacy, p. 122.
Quotes from book
The Consolations of Philosophy
The Consolations of Philosophy is a nonfiction book by Alain de Botton. First published by Hamish Hamilton in 2000, subsequent publications have been by Penguin Books.
“It wasn't only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public.”
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 16.
“True respectability stems not from the will of the majority but from proper reasoning.”
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 33.
“We should not be frightened by appearances.”
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter VI, Consolation For Difficulties, p. 206.
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 7.
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter VI, Consolation For Difficulties, p. 228.
Context: To cut out every negative root would simultaneously mean choking off positive elements that might arise from it further up the stem of the plant.
We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.
