Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorHe who has lost hope has also lost fear: that's what the word 'desperate' means.
Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorThe vulgar men have invented social life because it is easier for them to endure others than to endure themselves.
Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorTo the one who loses everything, God is still left.
Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorFor a happy life, one must always understand 'less unhappy'; that is, bearable. And truly, life has not been given to us to enjoy, but to endure, to pay for it.
Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorThe rebellion is the original virtue of man.
Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorA genius is one who is able to see the idea in the phenomenon.
Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorThe social instinct of men is not based on love for society, but on the fear of loneliness.
Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorTo desire immortality is to desire the perpetuation of a great mistake.
Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorAlthough the world contains many decidedly bad things, the worst of all is society.
Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorReligions, like fireflies, need darkness to shine.
Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorIn old age, one learns better to hide failures; in youth, to endure them.
Arthur Schopenhauer
View AuthorEverything that happens, from the biggest to the smallest, happens necessarily.