There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity. Arthur Schopenhauer on age
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone. Arthur Schopenhauer on alone
They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person. Arthur Schopenhauer on death
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. Arthur Schopenhauer on death
After your death you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer on death
Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection. Arthur Schopenhauer on death
Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed. Arthur Schopenhauer on death
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. Arthur Schopenhauer on famous
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. Arthur Schopenhauer on freedom
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. Arthur Schopenhauer on good