“In the same way it may be said that a man endowed with great mental gifts leads, apart from the individual life common to all, a second life, purely of the intellect. He devotes himself to the constant increase, rectification… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share Image
“A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his own corner; nor with his fate if the corner granted him allows of his following his vocation without having to think about other people. For the brain to be a mere laborer in the service… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share
“The ordinary writer has an unmistakable preference for this style, because it causes the reader to spend time and trouble in understanding that which he would have understood in a moment without it; and this makes it look as though the writer had more depth and intelligence than the reader. This is, indeed, one of those artifices referred to above,… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share
“Kant's old hat; the autographs of great men; these things are gaped at with interest and awe by many who have never read their works. They cannot do anything more than just gape. The intelligent amongst them are moved by the wish to see the objects which the great man habitually had before his eyes; and by a strange illusion,… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share
“There are, in the capacities of mankind, three varieties: one man will understand a thing by himself; another so far as it is explained… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share Image
“The effectiveness of an author turns chiefly upon his getting the reputation that he should be read. But by practicing various arts, by the operation of chance, and by certain natural affinities, this reputation is quickly won by a hundred worthless people: while a worthy writer may come by it very slowly and tardily. The former possess friends to help… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share
“Spanish proverb: honor and money are not to be found in the same purse.” — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share Image
“In the same way it may be said that a man endowed with great mental gifts leads, apart from the individual life common to… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share Image
“His work is as it were, a sacred object and the true fruit of his life, and his aim in storing it away for… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share Image
“Men of great genius, whether their work be in poetry, philosophy or art, stand in all ages like isolated heroes, keeping up single-handed a… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share Image
“No difference of rank, position, or birth is so great as the gulf that spearates the countless millions who use their head only in… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share Image
“In order to have original, uncommon, and perhaps even immortal thoughts, it is enough to estrange oneself so fully from the world of things… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share Image
“Ah! How little they must have had to think about, to have been able to read so much. And when I actually find it… — Arthur Schopenhaur Copy Share Image
