Consider the Koran... this wretched book was sufficient to start a world-religion, to satisfy the metaphysical need of countless millions for twelve hundred years, to become the basis of their morality and of a remarkable contempt for death, and also to inspire them to bloody wars and the most extensive conquests. In this book we find the saddest and poorest form of theism. Much may be lost in translation, but I have not been able to discover in it one single idea of value.
Arthur SchopenhauerThere are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake.
Arthur SchopenhauerWealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
Arthur Schopenhauer