Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.
Arthur SchopenhauerMost men are so thoroughly subjective that nothing really interests them but themselves.
Arthur SchopenhauerThere is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.
Arthur SchopenhauerWhoever 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