Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues?
What people commonly call Fate is, as a general rule, nothing but their own stupid and foolish conduct.
Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night.
alent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.
Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts, or leave it.
We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.
Our life is a loan received from death with sleep as the daily interest on this loan.
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
This world could not have been the work of an all-loving being, but that of a devil, who had brought creatures into existence in order to delight in the sight of their sufferings.
I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind.
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.
Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go if you followed their guidance. You should read only when your own thoughts dry up.
The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it.
Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural sources of knowledge.
If you feel irritated by the absurd remarks of two people whose conversation you happen to overhear, you should imagine that you are listening to a dialogue of two fools in a comedy.
To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.
Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible.
Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.
All religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred.
I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it.
Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.
Every generation, no matter how paltry its character, thinks itself much wiser than the one immediately preceding it, let alone those that are more remote.
Poverty and slavery are thus only two forms ofthe same thing, the essence of which is that a man's energies are expended for the most part not on his own behalf but on that of others.
The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
