Should Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

One should use common words to say uncommon things

— Arthur Schopenhauer

A writer should never be brief at the expense of being clear.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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

— Arthur Schopenhauer

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Life is a language in which certain truths are conveyed to us; if we could learn them in some other way, we…

— 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

We should comfort ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages-stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

If you feel irritated by the absurd remarks of two people whose conversation you happen to overhear, you should imagine that you…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

That a god like Jehovah should have created this world of misery and woe, out of pure caprice, and because he enjoyed…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Means at our disposal should be regarded as a bulwark against the many evils and misfortunes that can occur. We should not…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

We should be surprised that a matter that generally plays such an important part in the life of man has hitherto been…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

There is in the world only the choice between loneliness and vulgarity. All young people should be taught now to put up…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Whoever wants his judgment to be believed, should express it coolly and dispassionately; for all vehemence springs from the will. And so…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

If life — the craving for which is the very essence of our being — were possessed of any positive intrinsic value,…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

NOT to my contemporaries, not to my compatriots but to mankind I commit my now completed work in the confidence that it…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The poet presents the imagination with images from life and human characters and situations, sets them all in motion and leaves itto…

— 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

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

— 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

The young should early be trained to bear being left alone; for it is a source of happiness and peace of mind.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The beard, being a half-mask, should be forbidden by the police - It is, moreover, as a sexual symbol in the middle…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Were an Asiatic to ask me for a definition of Europe, I should be forced to answer him: It is that part…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Of all the intellectual faculties, judgment is the last to mature. A child under the age of fifteen should confine its attention…

— Arthur Schopenhauer