All Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
- Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced. Doe
- there are very few who can think, but every man wants to have an opinion; and what remains but to take it ready-made from others,… Every Man
- That I could clamber to the frozen moon. And draw the ladder after me. Clamber
- Truth is no harlot who throws her arms round the neck of him who does not desire her; on the contrary, she is so coy… Arms
- If the world were a paradise of luxury and ease, a land flowing with milk and honey, where every Jack obtained his Jill at once… Accept
- The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it. Best
- I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and… Amount
- What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this… Advice
- The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy. Character
- We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness. Blissful
- How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the… All
- The fourfold root of the principle of sufficent reason is "Anything perceived has a cause. All conclusions have premises. All effects have causes. All actions… Action
- Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which… Adopts
- We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack. Funny
- Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be… Animal
- 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… Age
- Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night. Always Remain
- No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject. Anything Worth
- Truth is most beautiful undraped. Beautiful
- universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality. Animal Welfare
- A man finds himself, to his great astonishment, suddenly existing, after thousands and thousands of years of non-existence: he lives for a little while; and… Astonishment
- A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial. Degree
- He who can see truly in the midst of general infatuation is like a man whose watch keeps good time, when all clocks in the… All
- Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls. Animal
- Students and scholars of all kinds and of every age aim, as a rule, only at information, not insight. They make it a point of… Age