Marrying means doing whatever possible to become repulsed of each other

All our wanting comes from needs, thus we continiously suffer. The intellect teaches free will, free from suffering.

Intellect is a magnitude of intensity, not a magnitude of extensity.

There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and at the same time, all-powerful being; firstly, the misery which abounds in it everywhere; and secondly, the obvious imperfection of its highest product, man, who is a burlesque of what he should be.

A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles, for then he is off his guard.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man IS contributes more to his happiness than what he HAS.