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Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer | German Philosopher | “Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.” linktr.ee/BetterThinker GET WEALTHY 👉 Joined May 2022-
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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.
If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist?
To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.
Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.
Music is so easy to explain, yet so inexplicable, as it reproduces all the emotions of our inner being without reality, remote from pain.
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
If a man analyses himself, he will find it was when he reached a ripe age, that he was able to clearly understand matters of a simple nature.
Music is so easy to explain, yet so inexplicable, as it reproduces all the emotions of our inner being without reality, remote from pain.
Recognise the truth in yourself, recognise yourself in the truth. You will find, where you stand is where your heaven touches your earth.
The animals are much more content with mere existence than we are: by the addition of the intellect we deny ourselves the pleasure of existing in just the present moment, for in the thought of both past and future time the end of untroubled enjoyment lies.
The proof of man's stupidity is his inability to understand the profoundly obvious lessons available by observing the development of a child.
Indeed, the whole of our society may be likened to a black comedy; and this is why a man who is worth anything finds society so insipid.
The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind, however much our youth may deceive us on this point.
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
Every moment of our life belongs to the present for a moment; then it belongs to the past forever. Every evening we are poorer by a day.
The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind, however much our youth may deceive us on this point.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Every time a desire is satisfied a new one is engendered, and there is no end to the eternally insatiable desires of the will.
The first task in life is to gain something, the second to become unconscious of what has been gained, because otherwise it becomes a burden.