Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn out, of a time in the future when we'll be ceaselessly happy and never have to fear negative emotions again. But in chasing all that, we close down the very faculties that permit the happiness we crave.


The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can?t Stand Positive Thinking (ed. Canongate Books, 2012) - ISBN: 9780857863461

Oliver Burkeman Quotes

Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn out, of a...

Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn out, of a...

Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn out, of a...

Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn out, of a...