there are very few who can think, but every man wants to have an opinion; and what remains but to take it ready-made from others, instead of forming opinions for himself?
Arthur SchopenhauerTo 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 SchopenhauerMoney alone is absolutely good, because it is not only a concrete satisfaction of one need in particular; it is an abstract satisfaction of all.
Arthur Schopenhauer