There is only one inborn erroneous notion ... that we exist in order to be happy ... So long as we persist in this inborn error ... the world seems to us full of contradictions. For at every step, in great things and small, we are bound to experience that the world and life are certainly not arranged for the purpose of maintaining a happy existence ... hence the countenances of almost all elderly persons wear the expression of ... disappointment.
Arthur SchopenhauerThe bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it.
Arthur SchopenhauerOn the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head.
Arthur SchopenhauerTo read a book is to hold an entire world in the palm of your hand. That world is unique to you; no two readers can ever inhabit the same world
Arthur Schopenhauer