Arthur Schopenhauer

Quotes

• “How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, ...”
• “They tell us that Suicide is the greatest piece of Cowardice... That Suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that the...”
• “They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that the...”
• “For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this give...”
• “Qualsiasi uomo notevole, chiunque cioè non appartenga a quei 5/6 dell'umanità dotati tanto miseramente dalla natura, rim...”
• “We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when...”
• “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 ...”
• “All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; Third, it is accepted as...”
• “Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness tha...”
• “Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.”
• “Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.”
• “We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness.”
• “Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
• “We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.”
• “Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude”
• “After your death, you will be what you were before your birth.”
• “Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.”
• “Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure”
• “Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.”
• “A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man”
• “One should use common words to say uncommon things”
• “Compassion is the basis of all morality”
• “Compassion is the basis of morality.”