All Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
- Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read… Book
- One should use common words to say uncommon things Clarity
- Our civilized world is nothing but a great masquerade. You encounter knights, parsons, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, priests, philosophers and a thousand more: but they are… All
- The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than… Affliction
- The vanity of existence is revealed in the whole form existence assumes: in the infiniteness of time and space contrasted with the finiteness of the… Actuality
- Life is a constant process of dying. Constant
- There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies… Anywhere
- Animals hear about death for the first time when they die. Animal
- If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner. From
- Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the… Best
- Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth. Far
- Each day is a little life. Day
- Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal value is large or small. According
- For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be satisfied… Comparison
- ...in the end every one stands alone, and the important thing is who it is that stands alone. Alone
- Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it. Man
- The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy. Expect
- Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom. Backward
- To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils. All
- I believe that when death closes our eyes we shall awaken to a light, of which our sunlight is but the shadow. Awaken
- If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and… Assured
- The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it. Common
- Time is that in which all things pass away. All
- Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious,… All
- He who does not enjoy solitude will not love freedom. Doe