Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts or leave it.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERLife is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts or leave it.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERReligion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERThe world is my idea.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERWe seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERTalent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERUniversal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERHappiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERFaith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERIf we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERThe shortness of life, so often lamented, maybe the best thing about it.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUEROne should use common words to say uncommon things.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERLife swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERA high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERA 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 SCHOPENHAUERMen are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERTo 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