The mother of useful arts is necessity; that of the fine arts is luxury. For father the former has intellect; the latter genius, which itself is a kind of luxury.
Arthur SchopenhauerThe greatest intellectual capacities are only found in connection with a vehement and passionate will.
Arthur SchopenhauerHuman existence is an error...it is bad today and every day it gets worse, until the worst happens.
Arthur SchopenhauerReading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.
Arthur Schopenhauer