Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time; a man of talent tries to use it.
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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.
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness.
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Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
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Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
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He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
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Happiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
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Mostly it is a loss that teaches us about the worth of things.
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One should use common words to say uncommon things.
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Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
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It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
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We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.
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Treat a work of art like a prince; let it speak to you first.
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