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 quote Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote 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 quote 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 quote Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote Only a male intellect clouded by the sexual drive could call the stunted, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped and short-legged sex the fair sex.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
Arthur Schopenhauer quote Biography
German philosopher. Lived 1788 - 1860