Not to go to the theater is like making one's toilet without a mirror. Arthur Schopenhauer More Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer More Quotes From Arthur Schopenhauer Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophical retirement death What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Deceptive images of a vague happiness hover before us in our dreams, and we search in vain for their original. Much would have been gained if, through timely advice and instruction, young people could have had eradicated from their minds the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer them. Arthur Schopenhauer depressing dream people I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it. Arthur Schopenhauer noise bears long Every new born being indeed comes fresh and blithe into the new existence, and enjoys it as a free gift: but there is, and can be, nothing freely given. It's fresh existence is paid for by the old age and death of a worn out existence which has perished, but which contained the indestructible seed out of which the new existence has arisen: they are one being. Arthur Schopenhauer free-gifts reincarnation age Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability. Arthur Schopenhauer probability confusion desire The scenes of our life are like pictures done in rough mosaic. Looked at close, they produce no effect. There is nothing beautiful to be found in them, unless you stand some distance off. Arthur Schopenhauer distance beautiful life If a relationship is perfectly natural there will be a complete fusion of the happiness of both of you-owing to fellow-feeling and various other laws which govern our natures, this is, quite simply, the greatest happiness that can exist. Arthur Schopenhauer fusion law feelings I believe that when death closes our eyes we shall awaken to a light, of which our sunlight is but the shadow. Arthur Schopenhauer light eye believe Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man IS contributes more to his happiness than what he HAS. Arthur Schopenhauer becoming men culture A major difficulty in translation is that a word in one language seldom has a precise equivalent in another one. Arthur Schopenhauer translations difficulty language Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity. Arthur Schopenhauer absurdity mankind certain Every time a man is begotten and born, the clock of human life is wound up anew to repeat once more its same old tune that has already been played innumerable times, movement by movement and measure by measure, with insignificant variations. Arthur Schopenhauer variation tunes men Our moral virtues benefit mainly other people; intellectual virtues, on the other hand, benefit primarily ourselves; therefore the former make us universally popular, the latter unpopular. Arthur Schopenhauer intellectual hands people Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every remeeting a foretaste of the resurrection. That is why even people who are indifferent to each other rejoice so much if they meet again after twenty or thirty years of separation. Arthur Schopenhauer giving people years The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind will, under similar circumstances, also be bad. Arthur Schopenhauer foundation honor character universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality. Arthur Schopenhauer compassion animal friendship Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. Arthur Schopenhauer growth change happiness The cause of laughter is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real project. Arthur Schopenhauer laughter real philosophy Compassion is the basis of morality. Arthur Schopenhauer forgiveness ignorance wise Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination. Arthur Schopenhauer boredom philosophical fascination
