Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there … - Alain de Botton

" "
Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who can understand what we are saying in essence, we are not wholly alive until we are loved.

Alain de Botton

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton (born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. His books and television programs discuss various contemporary subjects and themes in a philosophical style, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. De Botton comes from a Sephardic Jewish family, originating from a small Castilian town of Boton (now vanished) on the Iberian peninsula.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Alain De Botton

All quotes from Alain de Botton Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Alain de Botton:

Marcel Proust Milan Kundera Saul Bellow Maria Popova George Eliot

Additional quotes by Alain de Botton

Loneliness is a tax you have to pay to atone for a certain complexity of mind.

The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.

Artistic talent is like a brilliant firework which streaks across a pitch-black night, inspiring awe among onlookers but extinguishing itself in seconds, leaving behind only darkness and longing.

Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who c… - Alain de Botton

About Alain de Botton

Also Known As

Advanced Search Filters

Additional quotes by Alain de Botton

Limited Time Offer