Quotes

“If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“The word of man is the most durable of all material.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.” Ayrton Senna

“If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.” Ayrton Senna

“I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.” Ayrton Senna

“Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.” Ayrton Senna

“Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.” Ayrton Senna

“I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's.” Ayrton Senna

“These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are; at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile.” Ayrton Senna

“Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.” Ayrton Senna

“Fear is exciting for me.” Ayrton Senna

“Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.” Ayrton Senna

“When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.” Ayrton Senna

“I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.” Ayrton Senna

“I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me.” Ayrton Senna

“You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood.” Ayrton Senna

“You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.” Ayrton Senna

“And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension.” Ayrton Senna

“My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet.” Ayrton Senna

“Women - always in trouble with them, but can't live without them.” Ayrton Senna