Alain de Botton Quotes
There are few more effective ways to promote tolerance between suspicious neighbours than to force them to eat supper together.
De Botton, Alain. Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion. Pantheon Books, 2012, p. 55.
In his younger days Jinnah was considered one of the greatest of the Indian Politicians in the Congress Party and all of India. Even though he was a Muslim, his leadership and political philosophy was appreciated by educated and politically active Indians of all faiths and casts. He was also so considered by the English Viceroy and his staff and noted by the politicians in England as a man who could bring Indians together without regard for religious or socio-economic status. He underwent a number of personal tragedies and changed radically until he was not only a sectarian Muslim leader but threatened and facilitated Islamic terrorism against all the other religions. Jinnah's flip flop on this point led to one of the great massacres and tragedies in human history" The Nightingale of India
One of the great successes of the expedition was the result of Lewis and Clark not only following these instructions but going to extremes of avoiding violence in almost all cases despite some provocation.
She had gone to Europe where the 2nd World War was raging.
Unlike the United States where there is great toleration for immigrants to retain their old language and culture, there is an expectation in Germany, France and much of the rest of Europe that immigrants when they come to Germany will act like Germans, dress like Germans, speak German, and follow German social customs.
Alain de Botton, FRSL is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997), Status Anxiety (2004) and The Architecture of Happiness (2006).
