It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character. Arthur Schopenhauer More Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer More Quotes From Arthur Schopenhauer After your death you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophicalsuicidedeath The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophicalcompassionpositive Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine. Arthur Schopenhauer fireflyatheistspiritual Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. Arthur Schopenhauer moneysympathyrelationship Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. Evening is like old age: we are languid, talkative, silly. Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. Arthur Schopenhauer sleepsillymorning 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 world-sufferingpainintelligent Thus, the task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees. Arthur Schopenhauer tasksthinking Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you don't believe it, compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is eating the other. Arthur Schopenhauer painanimalbelieve What people commonly call Fate is, as a general rule, nothing but their own stupid and foolish conduct. Arthur Schopenhauer fatestupidpeople In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death. Arthur Schopenhauer solacestudyworld We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor. Arthur Schopenhauer errorsviewsnumbers The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy. Arthur Schopenhauer miserablehappinessway Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night. Arthur Schopenhauer torchesspacenight 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! Arthur Schopenhauer horsestrugglechristian One should use common words to say uncommon things Arthur Schopenhauer usecommonwriting The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too. Arthur Schopenhauer dreamerdreamcharacter Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies. Arthur Schopenhauer strong-womenphilosophicalenemy There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annhilation of his being. Arthur Schopenhauer menbelievedeath There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. Arthur Schopenhauer global-warmingopinionmen Scoundrels are always sociable. Arthur Schopenhauer sociablescoundrelshuman-condition
