All Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
- Everything that happens, happens of necessity. Funny
- Pride is generally censured and decried, but mainly by those who have nothing to be proud of. Censured
- Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell… Action
- Everybody's friend is nobody's. Friend
- Sleep is to a man what winding up is to a clock. Clock
- A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of… Applying
- Man shows his character best in trifles. Best
- Not to go to the theater is like making one's toilet without a mirror. Go
- If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans property, it is surely that which is the result of his… Activity
- Nothing in life gives a man so much courage as the attainment or renewal of the conviction that other people regard him with favor; because… Attainment
- There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annhilation of his being. Atom
- A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues? Dialogue
- A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as… Easy
- Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny. Destiny
- The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind… Action
- If people insist that honor is dearer than life itself, what they really mean is that existence and well-being are as nothing compared with other… Any
- If at times I have thought myself unfortunate, it is because of a confusion, an error. I have mistaken myself for someone else... Who am… Answer
- Talent is able to achieve what is beyond other people's capacity to achieve, yet not what is beyond their capacity of apprehension; therefore it at… Able
- I owe what is best in my own development to the impression made by Kant's works, the sacred writings of the Hindus, and Plato. Best
- Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes; this is partly because it… Art
- It is the courage to make a clean breast of it in the face of every question that makes the philosopher. He must be like… Answer
- The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others. Among
- Religion is the metaphysics of the masses. Inspirational
- With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable...Healt h is by far the most important… Element
- To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man… Communicate