Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERThe shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
-
-
A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
To be alone is the fate of all great minds – a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
Compassion is the basis of morality.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
Happiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
Mostly it is a loss that teaches us about the worth of things.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
The world is my idea.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER -
If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner, if I let it slip from my tongue, I am Its prisoner.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER