There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake. The first kind have had thoughts or experiences which seem to Arthur Schopenhauer More Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer More Quotes From Arthur Schopenhauer To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake Arthur Schopenhauer immortalitymistakedesire There is more to be learnt from every page of David Hume than from the collected philosophical works of Hegel, Herbart, and Schleiermacher are taken together. Arthur Schopenhauer hegelphilosophicalpages The man who sees two or three generations is like one who sits in the conjuror's booth at a fair, and sees the same tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once. Arthur Schopenhauer threementwo The inexpressible depth of music, so easy to understand and yet so inexplicable, is due to the fact that it reproduces all the emotions of our innermost being, but entirely without reality and remote from its pain… Music expresses only the quintessence of life and its events, never these themselves. Arthur Schopenhauer paindepthreality Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money. Arthur Schopenhauer sadmoneyhappiness We see in tragedy the noblest men, after a long conflict and suffering, finally renounce forever all the pleasure of life and the aims till then pursued so keenly, or cheerfully and Arthur Schopenhauer giving-upmenlong Marrying means, to grasp blindfolded into a sack hoping to find out an eel out of an assembly of snakes. Arthur Schopenhauer eelssnakesmean Money is human happiness in the abstract. Arthur Schopenhauer richesphilosophicalmoney Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. Arthur Schopenhauer mistaketimebook A poet or philosopher should have no fault to find with his age if it only permits him to do his work undisturbed in his own corner; nor with his fate if the corner granted him allows of his following his vocation without having to think about other people. Arthur Schopenhauer fateshould-havethinking For the world is Hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it. Arthur Schopenhauer soulmenhands Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophicalworkart The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. Arthur Schopenhauer philosophicaldatascience What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and life can give no satisfaction, and are not worth our investment in them. The tragic spirit consists in this. Accordingly it leads to resignation. Arthur Schopenhauer sublimegivingworld To call the world God is not to explain it; it is only to enrich our language with a superfluous synonym. Arthur Schopenhauer atheismlanguageworld No one can transcend their own individuality. Arthur Schopenhauer individuality The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind. Arthur Schopenhauer lastingpleasuremind My body and my will are one. Arthur Schopenhauer body Whoever wants his judgment to be believed, should express it coolly and dispassionately; for all vehemence springs from the will. And so the judgment might be attributed to the will and not to knowledge, which by its nature is cold. Arthur Schopenhauer vehemencespringinspirational ...nothing at all rides on the life or death of the individual. Arthur Schopenhauer life-or-deathindividual
