Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes - Page 9

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• The greatest wisdom is to make the enjoyment of the present the supreme object of life; because that is the only reality, all else being merely the play of thought. On the other hand, such a course might just as well be called the greatest folly: for that which in the next moment exists no more, and vanishes utterly, like a dream, can never be worth a serious effort.

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  Dream, Reality, Hands

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.225, Simon and Schuster

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• People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom.

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  Class, People, Boredom

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• There is one respect in which beasts show real wisdom... their quiet, placid enjoyment of the present moment.

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  Horse, Real, Quiet

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

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  Life, Philosophy, Long

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

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• Consciousness is the mere surface of our minds, of which, as of the earth, we do not know the inside, but only the crust.

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  Life, Mind, Earth

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]”, p.438, Kshetra Books

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• 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.

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  Happiness, Sad, Money

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• The problem with Germans is that they look in the clouds for what lies at their feet.

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  Lying, Clouds, Feet

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• For, after all, the foundation of our whole nature, and, therefore, of our happiness, is our physique, and the most essential factor in happiness is health, and, next in importance after health, the ability to maintain ourselves in independence and freedom from care.

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  Independence, Foundation, Essentials

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - The Wisdom of Life (illustrated)”, p.44, Full Moon Publications

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• Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment - a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her to answer. The question is this: What change will death produce in a man's existence and in his insight into the nature of things? It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.

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  Suicide, Nature, Suicidal

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.232, Simon and Schuster

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• Because Christian morality leaves animals out of account, they are at once outlawed in philosophical morals; they are mere 'things,' mere means to any ends whatsoever. They can therefore be used for vivisection, hunting, coursing, bullfights, and horse racing, and can be whipped to death as they struggle along with heavy carts of stone. Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!

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  Christian, Horse, Struggle

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• (Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side be ignored and not be made the subject of reproach.

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  Agreement, People, Intellectual

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.64, 谷月社

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• Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls.

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  Animal, Men, Compassion

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.98, Publishdrive

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• 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.

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  Science, Power, Errors

  "Counsels and Maxims". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, Vol. 2, Ch. 1, § 17, 2007.

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• Genius is its own reward; for the best that one is, one must necessarily be for oneself. . . . Further, genius consists in the working of the free intellect., and as a consequence the productions of genius serve no useful purpose. The work of genius may be music, philosophy, painting, or poetry; it is nothing for use or profit. To be useless and unprofitable is one of the characteristics of genius; it is their patent of nobility.

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  Music, Philosophy, Useless

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• I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind.

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  Dog, Stupidity, Mankind

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.72, 谷月社

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• There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and at the same time, all-powerful being; firstly, the misery which abounds in it everywhere; and secondly, the obvious imperfection of its highest product, man, who is a burlesque of what he should be.

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  Wise, Atheist, Powerful

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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• There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable.

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  Pain, Lying, Fate

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.423, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Beautiful, Writing, Expression

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

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• Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible.

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  Art, Events, Essentials

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.42, 谷月社

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• To become indignant at [people's] conduct is as foolish as to be angry with a stone because it rolls into your path. And with many people the wisest thing you can do, is to resolve to make use of those whom you cannot alter.

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  People, Use, Stones

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• Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

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  Life, Motivational, Being Strong

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• We may divide thinkers into those who think for themselves and those who think through others. The latter are the rule and the former the exception. The first are original thinkers in a double sense, and egotists in the noblest meaning of the word.

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  Thinking, May, Firsts

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• In order to increase his pleasures, man has intentionally added to the number and pressure of his needs, which in their original state were not much more difficult to satisfy than those of the brute. Hence luxury in all its forms; delicate food, the use of tobacco and opium, spirituous liquors, fine clothes, and the thousand and one things that he considers necessary to his existence.

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  Men, Clothes, Numbers

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Studies in Pessimism (illustrated)”, p.8, Full Moon Publications

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• If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.

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  Book, Life Is Short, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.375, Simon and Schuster

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• If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.

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  Sight, Watches, Letters

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