A great read to refer back to in times of need. The advise is so relevant and necessary. I feel like everyone can take something from this.

I read this book over a longer period of time and found it interesting to dip into. It is split into different categories and has quotes associated with each category. Rather like a short story collection, there were quotes I highlighted to reread and reference again at some point and others I skimmed over and which didn't resonate with me. But then that's life and I'm sure other people would pick different ones to me based on their own life experiences.

This would make a nice book to give as a gift and I'd happily read more from The School of Life.

I am absolutely loving it!

I'm really into quotes. Sometimes I don't have the energy to read something heavy. A short book that covers many issues including relationships, self-knowledge, sociability, work, calm, and leisure.

I'll share some of my favorites:
Relationships: "Love is a skill, not just an enthusiasm."

Self-knowledge: "Depression is sadness that has forgotten its true causes."

Sociability: "So many of life’s problems would be softened if we had three or four exceptional friends living within a two-minute radius."

Work:
-"A so-called ‘meaningful’ job is any occupation that leaves us feeling, at the close of the day, that we have somehow either decreased the suffering or increased the satisfaction of another human being."

-"Sunday angst is trying in its own confused way to tell us something worth listening to: we must change our lives."

Calm: "Almost all of us end up drinking equal amounts from the cup of human sorrow – just at different points, in different-sized sips."

Leisure: "It is extremely rare to properly delight in flowers when one is under twenty-two; it is rare to be left entirely indifferent by flowers after the age of fifty."


I wish there are more bites-size books full of wisdom like this. I like how their quotes are not sugar-coated. raw, sometimes harsh, but that's the truth we need. I feel more content and hopeful after reading this.

Thank you, NetGalley for letting me read the digital ARC of The School of Life: Quotes to Live By: A collection to revive and inspire. Love to read more books from The School of Life!

My thanks to both NetGalley and The School of LIfe for an advanced copy of this book on quotes about life and love and how we can make ourselves a little bit better in both.

I have always been one of those readers who use a file card for a bookmark, sometimes two or three. I write down words I am unfamiliar with, historical events that I was unaware of and helpful hints that a lot of writers love to share. And quotes. I write down line, sentences, whole paragraphs, sometimes just a phrase. I have a dream of one day going through all my cards and seeing what took my fancy here, what I thought was profound there. Words can be a solace sometimes, or convey a meaning to others that shows what a person is thinking, but can't articulate. So I love quotes, as much as it seems as these editors do. The School of Life: Quotes to Live By: A collection to revive and inspire by The School of Life and its team is a compendium of aphorisms detailing the human condition and how others share those feeling we all have, but are better at writing it down.

The quotes here are taken from previous books in The School of Life series. As there reason for being is to help people lead more fulfilled lives, the quotes deal with the things that make humans be what we are, and the most crazy. Relationships, work, sociability, leisure and more. Some are very pithy, some are very telling. A seem lost in meaning or translation, and one or two defy understanding. There is a certain zen koan to quite a few, upon reading the quote becomes a mental earworm running around the head, a Möbius strip of meanings that keep the mind occupied all day.

The book is illustrated with a sort of New Yorker style, and like the New Yorker can hit or miss. My biggest pet peeve is that the quotes exist in a vaccum. There is no mention of what books they came from, and while I understand the authors are part of The School of Life, still I would have liked to know who wrote something, especially if I wanted to read more by that person later. There is a section, Others, whose authors and works are cited like in a Bartlett's, and the mix of anonymous and familiar can be a little jarring. Still there is a lot of truth here, and the names might not be as important as the words they left behind.

A good gift for a person you know that is having a rough time in life, and to remind them that they are loved. Also this would be a good entry for a lot of people into The School of Life and they many publications they have. I've been a fan for a while, and look forward to a second volume of quotes.

I received a copy of The School of Life: Quotes to Live By from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book is sorted by The School of Life’s key themes – relationships, self-awareness/knowledge, sociability, work, calm and leisure. It's inspiring, insightful, and comforting. Some quotes are profound, and some are profoundly funny. There's something for everyone here and would recommend as a gift.

Thank you as always to the School of Life for allowing me to access their ARCs! While these are not the quotes I expected, these aphorisms from the School of Life are still stirring and intriguing to read through. These remind me a bit of the "Poetry Pharmacy" in that they are pieces of wisdom split by category in which they could provide insight and guidance. Read through Kindle this was enjoyable, I wish to have a physical copy in the future.

: "I received a copy of this book via Netgalley Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own."

I am normally a fan of quote books, some you can relate too others make you want to do better.

This book did neither of those thing, I found the quote to be tired in most cases. I also like to know the source of the quotes which did not exist in this case.

A very enlightening book. There were parts I found profound, meaningful and amusing. So did my husband but on a totally different selection. This either says that men ( or maybe just the hubby) are strange or this book offers many things to different people.

While there are definitely some quotations that prompt a-ha moments of insight and reflection, I found many of the quotations to be rather lifeless and uninspiring.

I love books like this. They give me so much insight in how to live a good life. This one will put the reader ahead of everyone.