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 money
Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots! Arthur Schopenhauer on money
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 morning
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 nature
Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another. Arthur Schopenhauer on nature
Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another but women are by nature enemies. Arthur Schopenhauer on nature
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. Arthur Schopenhauer on nature
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 patriotism
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. Arthur Schopenhauer on positive
Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see. Arthur Schopenhauer on power
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. Arthur Schopenhauer on religion
We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success. Arthur Schopenhauer on success
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. Arthur Schopenhauer on sympathy
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 time
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 time
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer on truth
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. Arthur Schopenhauer on truth
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger. Arthur Schopenhauer on truth
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. Arthur Schopenhauer on wisdom