All Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
- The real meaning of persona is a mask, such as actors were accustomed to wear on the ancient stage; and it is quite true that… Accustomed
- Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. This is an error of the intellect as… Earth
- No one knows what capacities for doing and suffering he has in himself, until something comes to rouse them to activity: just as in a… Activity
- Man may have the most excellent judgment in all other matters, and yet go wrong in those which concern himself; because here the will comes… All
- Imagination is strong in a man when that particular function of the brain which enables him to observe is roused to activity without any necessary… Accordingly
- The scenes and events of long ago, and the persons who took part in them, wear a charming aspect to the eye of memory, which… Advantage
- We should be surprised that a matter that generally plays such an important part in the life of man has hitherto been almost entirely disregarded… Almost Entirely
- Where there is no love, a person's faithfulness to the marriage bond is probably against nature. Bond
- If a relationship is perfectly natural there will be a complete fusion of the happiness of both of you-owing to fellow-feeling and various other laws… Both
- To truth only a brief celebration of victory is allowed between the two long periods during which it is condemned as paradoxical, or disparaged as… Allowed
- Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount of… Abundantly
- Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from pain, which is… Character
- No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself… Advantageous
- A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles, for then he is off his guard. Character
- In truth the most striking figure for the relation of the two is that of the strong blind man carrying the sighted lame man on… Blind
- On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head. Action
- Will without intellect is the most vulgar and common thing in the world, possessed by every blockhead, who, in the gratification of his passions, shows… Blockhead
- The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it. Able
- This actual world of what is knowable, in which we are and which is in us, remains both the material and the limit of our… Actual
- Every time a man is begotten and born, the clock of human life is wound up anew to repeat once more its same old tune… Anew
- Reason is feminine in nature; it can only give after it has received. Feminine
- Life is a business that does not cover the costs. Business
- If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same… Attempted
- All religions promise a reward beyond this life in eternity for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head, of… All
- Every child is in a way a genius; and every genius is in a way a child. Child