Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes About Pessimism

Quotes about: Pessimism

• The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Happy, Philosophical, Inspiration

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The Wisdom of Life”, p.15, Cosimo Classics

• Compassion is the basis of morality.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Forgiveness, Wise, Ignorance

• 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

  Pain, Intelligent, World Suffering

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The Wisdom of Life”, p.30, Cosimo Classics

• If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it the burden of existence, or at any rate not take it upon himself to impose that burden upon it in cold blood?

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Children, Men, Race

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.216, Simon and Schuster

• The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Stupid, Silly, Doctors

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays”, Cosimo, Inc.

• Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Positive, Philosophical, Entrepreneur

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays”, Cosimo, Inc.

• Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Life, Philosophy, Long

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3)”, p.10, Kshetra Books

• For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Writing, Opposites, Giving

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.18, 谷月社

• Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Mean, Reality, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “the Wisdom of Life: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.43, 谷月社

• The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Able, Pessimism, Bad Things

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Religion: a Dialogue”, p.132, Arthur Schopenhauer

• Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of existence.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Pain, Character, Feelings

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Studies in Pessimism (illustrated)”, p.7, Full Moon Publications

• Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Strong Women, Philosophical, Enemy

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2004). “On the Suffering of the World”, p.65, Penguin UK

• Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Money, Philosophical, Winning

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The Wisdom of Life”, p.19, Cosimo Classics

• Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Noise, Pessimism, Form

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.269, Simon and Schuster

• Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Distance, Past, Law

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.35, 谷月社

• The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Mystery, Pessimism, Inexplicable

  "Counsels and Maxims". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, Vol. 2, Ch. 1, § 1, 2007.

• All religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Heart, Understanding, Promise

  "The World as Will and Idea".

• Life is a business that does not cover the costs.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Doe, Cost, Life Is

  "The World as Will and Representation, Volume II (On the Vanity and Suffering of Life)". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, 1819.

• Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  War, Men, Pessimism

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

• Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Beautiful, Writing, Expression

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays”, p.29, 谷月社

• A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles, for then he is off his guard.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Character, Men, Way

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims”, p.107, Arthur Schopenhauer

• True brevity of expression consists in a man only saying what is worth saying, while avoiding all diffuse explanations of things which every one can think out for himself.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Men, Thinking, Expression

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays”, p.29, 谷月社

• On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Heart, Path, Action

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “the Wisdom of Life: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.65, 谷月社

• The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Art, Achievement, Mind

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The Wisdom of Life”, p.69, Cosimo Classics

• Reason is feminine in nature; it can only give after it has received.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Giving, Pessimism, Reason

  Arthur, Schopenhauer (2016). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.55, Aegitas

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