Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. Arthur Schopenhauer on great
Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them. Arthur Schopenhauer on great
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 great
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. Arthur Schopenhauer on happiness
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness. Arthur Schopenhauer on happiness
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. Arthur Schopenhauer on happiness
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. Arthur Schopenhauer on happiness
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness. Arthur Schopenhauer on health
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. Arthur Schopenhauer on history
Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see. Arthur Schopenhauer on intelligence
Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point. Arthur Schopenhauer on intelligence
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself. Arthur Schopenhauer on knowledge
The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable. Arthur Schopenhauer on knowledge
The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable. Arthur Schopenhauer on learning
Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors. Arthur Schopenhauer on learning
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 life
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 life
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity. Arthur Schopenhauer on medical
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. Arthur Schopenhauer on men
Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another but women are by nature enemies. Arthur Schopenhauer on men