Arthur Schopenhauer 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860
I have alot to add to this article about Schopenhauer, but in the meantime here are some of his best quotes:
Some of my favourite quotes from him:
Compassion is the basis of morality.
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain
It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.
Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.
Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.
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