Arthur Schopenhauer
~ 1788 - 1860
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher known for his pessimistic philosophy that emphasized the inherent suffering of existence. He is renowned for his work "The World as Will and Representation," which had a significant influence on 19th-century philosophy and later existential thought.
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
If God made this world, then i would not want to be the God. It is full of misery and distress that it breaks my heart.
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Forgetfulness is the only salvation. I would like to forget everything; to forget myself and to forget the world.
To be alone is the fate of all great minds.
Five minutes after birth, they decide your name, religion, nationality and sect. And you spend the rest of your life defending what you did not choose.
Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.