There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
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There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it.

— Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
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