A Quote by Alain de Botton

Secular thinkers have a separation between thinking and doing. They don't have a grasp of the balance sheet. The doers are selling us potted plants and pizzas while the thinkers are a little bit unworldly. Religions both think and do.

Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton
English - Writer
Born: December 20, 1969

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Arthur Schopenhauer

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