Quotes by Philosophical Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots! Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical money winning The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical desire men The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust. Arthur Schopenhauer never-giving-up not-giving-up philosophical Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. Arthur Schopenhauer stubbornness pessimism philosophical There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical adversity doubt Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical pain positive Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical ignorance science The word of man is the most durable of all material. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical communication men The poet presents the imagination with images from life and human characters and situations, sets them all in motion and leaves itto the beholder to let these images take his thoughts as far as his mental powers will permit. This is why he is able to engage men of the most differing capabilities, indeed fools and sages together. The philosopher, on the other hand, presents not life itself but the finished thoughts which he has abstracted from it and then demands that the reader should think precisely as, and precisely as far as, he himself thinks. That is why his public is so small. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical character men To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical learning teaching As a general rule, the longer a man's fame is likely to last, the later it will be in coming; for all excellent products require time for their development. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical lasts men Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical opinion law Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical men mean It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us. Arthur Schopenhauer first-impression philosophical encounters It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical gambling fate Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity. Arthur Schopenhauer minus willpower philosophical Newspapers are the second hand of history. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical newspapers hands Thousands of years of ideological, philosophical and practical decisions were made. They altered the surface of the earth, the coordinates of our souls. For every one of those decisions, maybe there's another decision that could have been made, should have been made. Arundhati Roy philosophical should-have years We have really, that I know of, no philosophical basis for high and low. Moreover, the vegetable kingdom does not culminate, as the animal kingdom does. It is not a kingdom, but a common-wealth; a democracy, and therefore puzzling and unaccountable from the former point of view. Asa Gray philosophical animal science The blues are important primarily because they contain the cultural expression and the cultural response to blacks in America and to the situation that they find themselves in. And contained in the blues is a philosophical system at work. And as part of the oral tradition, this is a way of passing along information. August Wilson philosophical expression america «4567891011121314»