Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of existence.
Arthur SchopenhauerHuman life, like all inferior goods, is covered on the outside with a false glitter; what suffers always conceals itself.
Arthur SchopenhauerThe first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough.
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. ... The truth is that when an author begins to write for the sake of covering paper, he is cheating the reader; because he writes under the pretext that he has something to say.
Arthur Schopenhauer