He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
Arthur SchopenhauerHow is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?
Arthur Schopenhauerthe brut first knows death when it dies, but man draws consciously nearer to it every hour that he lives; and this makes his life at times a questionable good even to him who has not recognised this character of constant anaihilation in the whole of life.
Arthur SchopenhauerI owe what is best in my own development to the impression made by Kant's works, the sacred writings of the Hindus, and Plato.
Arthur SchopenhauerEvery original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted.
Arthur SchopenhauerJust as a stream flows smoothly on as long as it encounters no obstruction, so the nature of man and animal is such that we never really notice or become conscious of what is agreeable to our will; if we are to notice something, our will has to have been thwarted, has to have experienced a shock of some kind.
Arthur Schopenhauer