We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERFate shuffles the cards and we play.
More Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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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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Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.
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Music is the melody whose text is the world.
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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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Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
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A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.
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If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner, if I let it slip from my tongue, I am Its prisoner.
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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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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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Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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Each day is a little life.
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Wealth is like sea water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame.
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If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
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