Book Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Vedas are the most rewarding and the most elevating book which can be possible in the world.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“buying books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.”

— arthur schopenhauer

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

A man who has not enough originality to think out a new title for his book will be much less capable of…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

... that when you're buying books, you're optimistically thinking you're buying the time to read them. (Paraphrase of Schopenhauer)

— Arthur Schopenhauer

To buy books would be a good thing if we could also buy the time to read them; but the purchase of…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“A book can never be anything more than the impress of its author's thoughts; and the value of these will lie either…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

A book can never be anything more than the impression of its author’s thoughts. The value of these thoughts lies either in…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them; but as a rule the…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

How entirely does the Upanishad breathe throughout the holy spirit of the Vedas! How is every one who by a diligent study…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, "Lighthouses" as…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Consider the Koran... this wretched book was sufficient to start a world-religion, to satisfy the metaphysical need of countless millions for twelve…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“However, for the man who studies to gain insight , books and studies are merely rungs of the ladder on which he…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Students and scholars of all kinds and of every age aim, as a rule, only at information, not insight. They make it…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts. Many books, moreover, serve merely…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Therefore books do not take the place of experience, because concepts always remain universal, and so do not reach down to the…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Men of learning are those who have read the contents of books. Thinkers, geniuses, and those who have enlightened the world and…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

To read a book is to hold an entire world in the palm of your hand. That world is unique to you;…

— Arthur Schopenhauer