Every hero is a Samson. The strong man succumbs to the intrigues of the weak and the many; and if in the end he loses all patience he crushes both them and himself.
Arthur SchopenhauerThe cause of laughter is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real project.
Arthur SchopenhauerIt is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
Arthur SchopenhauerSolitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal value is large or small.
Arthur SchopenhauerWhat disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Deceptive images of a vague happiness hover before us in our dreams, and we search in vain for their original. Much would have been gained if, through timely advice and instruction, young people could have had eradicated from their minds the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer them.
Arthur Schopenhauer