Quotes

“Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Compassion is the basis of morality.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.” Arthur Schopenhauer