The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.
Arthur SchopenhauerOur life is a loan received from death with sleep as the daily interest on this loan.
Arthur SchopenhauerIn their hearts women think that it is men's business to earn money and theirs to spend it.
Arthur SchopenhauerConsciousness makes the individual careful to maintain his own existence; and if this were not so, there would be no surety for the preservation of the species. From all this it is clear that individuality is not a form of perfection, but rather a limitation; and so to be freed from it is not loss but gain.
Arthur Schopenhauer