The principle of contradiction establishes merely the agreement of concepts, but does not itself produce concepts. Arthur Schopenhauer More Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer More Quotes From Arthur Schopenhauer It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big. It is an indivisible point, drawn out and magnified by the powerful lenses of Time and Space. Arthur Schopenhauer powerfulspacelife Animals learn death first at the moment of death;...man approaches death with the knowledge it is closer every hour, and this creates a feeling of uncertainty over his life, even for him who forgets in the business of life that annihilation is awaiting him. It is for this reason chiefly that we have philosophy and religion. Arthur Schopenhauer animalmenphilosophy To forgive and forget means to throw away dearly bought experience. Arthur Schopenhauer forgive-and-forgetforgivingmean When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition, and in the third stage, that truth comes to be regarded as self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer selfworldfirsts Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought. Arthur Schopenhauer pessimismformnoise The deep pain that is felt Arthur Schopenhauer sadpaindeath The eternal being..., as it lives in us, also lives in every animal. Arthur Schopenhauer eternalanimal Religion is the metaphysics of the masses. Arthur Schopenhauer metaphysicsmassreligion No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject. Arthur Schopenhauer subjectssakewriting Materialism is the philosophy of the subject who forgets to take account of himself. Arthur Schopenhauer materialismforgetphilosophy Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately Arthur Schopenhauer importantshouldbook The young should early be trained to bear being left alone; for it is a source of happiness and peace of mind. Arthur Schopenhauer solitudebearsmind At the age of five years to enter a spinning-cotton or other factory, and from that time forth to sit there daily, first ten, then twelve, and ultimately fourteen hours, performing the same mechanical labour, is to purchase dearly the satisfaction of drawing breath. But this is the fate of millions, and that of millions more is analogous to it. Arthur Schopenhauer fatedrawingyears There are 80,000 prostitutes in London alone and what are they, if not bloody sacrifices on the altar of monogamy? Arthur Schopenhauer monogamysacrificelondon As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself; because only through ordering what you know by comparing every truth with every other truth can you take complete possession of your knowledge and get it into your power. You can think about only what you know, so you ought to learn something; on the other hand, you can know only what you have thought about. Arthur Schopenhauer libraryhandsthinking It would be better if there were nothing. Since there is more pain than pleasure on earth, every satisfaction is only transitory, creating new desires and new distresses, and the agony of the devoured animal is always far greater than the pleasure of the devourer Arthur Schopenhauer agonypainanimal The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction of African slaves in their place. Arthur Schopenhauer religiousnative-americanwar In our early youth we sit before the life that lies ahead of us like children sitting before the curtain in a theatre, in happy and tense anticipation of whatever is going to appear. Luckily we do not know what really will appear. Arthur Schopenhauer theatrelyingchildren 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 equalityeyelife To read a book is to hold an entire world in the palm of your hand. That world is unique to you; no two readers can ever inhabit the same world Arthur Schopenhauer uniquebookhands
