Compassion is the basis of morality.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERCompassion is the basis of morality.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERIf God made this world, then I would not want to be the God. It is full of misery and distress that it breaks my heart.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERThe shortness of life, so often lamented, maybe the best thing about it.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERHappiness consists of the frequent repetition of pleasure.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUEREach day is a little life.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERWealth is like sea water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERIf I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner, if I let it slip from my tongue, I am Its prisoner.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERMan can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUEROne should use common words to say uncommon things.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERWe forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERAnimals hear about death for the first time when they die.
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 SCHOPENHAUERAlmost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERLife is a constant process of dying.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERWe seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERFate shuffles the cards and we play.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER