Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes.
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.
We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack. Therefore, rather than grateful, we are bitter.
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
The longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.
A man’s delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
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.
What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.
