Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.
Arthur SchopenhauerThe majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.
Arthur SchopenhauerA man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
Arthur SchopenhauerFreedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.
Arthur SchopenhauerFor an act to be moral the intention must be based on compassion, not duty. We do something because we want to do it, because we feel we have to do it, not because we ought to do it. And even if our efforts fail - or we never even get to implement them - we are still moral because our motivation was based on compassion.
Arthur Schopenhauer