It is in books, poems, paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelings in ourselves that we might otherwise never have thought to acknowledge.
Alain De BottonRead
One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.
Interpretation
Being comfortable alone is essential for forming healthy relationships.
Alain De Botton suggests that having a strong ability to enjoy one's own company can be a predictor of successful relationships. This notion emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and inner peace, which creates a solid foundation for connecting with others in a meaningful way.
In practice
During a relationship workshop, one might say this quote to emphasize the importance of self-contentment.
It is in books, poems, paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelings in ourselves that we might otherwise never have thought to acknowledge.
Taking architecture seriously therefore makes some singular and strenuous demands upon us...It means conceding that we are inconveniently vulnerable to the colour of our wallpaper and that our sense of purpose may be derailed by an unfortunate bedspread
The more closely we analyze what we consider 'sexy,' the more clearly we will understand that eroticism is the feeling of excitement we experience at finding another human being who shares our values and our sense of the meaning of existence.
Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own - but that we could never have described on our own.
The challenge of modern relationships: how to prove more interesting than the other's smartphone.
It is the most ambitious and driven among us who are the most sorely in need of having our reckless hopes dampened through immersive dousings in the darkness which religions have explored. This is a particular priority for secular Americans, perhaps the most anxious and disappointed people on earth, for their nation infuses them with the most extreme hopes about what they may be able to achieve in their working lives and relationships.
Band-Aids don't fix bullet holes. You say sorry just for show. You live like that, you live with ghosts.
Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality.
Sometimes loving eyes don't see what they don't want to see.
For me, any story I tackle begins with the human relationships and not the plot.
Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them.
Just because something is unspoken doesn't mean that it disappears.
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