Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes — Page 25

Arthur Schopenhauer

Philosopher

Philosophical

“The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.”

May Body Brain

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Arthur Schopenhauer

Philosopher

Funny

“Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company.”

Men Character Littles

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Philosophical

“There is a wide difference between the original thinker and the merely learned man.”

Men Differences

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Confident

“Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny.”

Destiny Genius

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Hopeful

“Vedas are the most rewarding and the most elevating book which can be possible in the world.”

Book India Vedas

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Philosophical

“It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.”

Men Clothes Confidence

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Philosophical

“Consciousness makes the individual careful to maintain his own existence; and if this were not so, there would be no surety for the preservation of the species. From all this it is clear that individuality is not a form of perfection, but rather a limitation; and so to be freed from it is not loss but gain.”

Loss Perfection Individuality

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Philosophical

“Music is the answer to the mystery of life. The most profound of all the arts, It expresses the deepest thoughts of life.”

Art Answers Profound

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Philosophical

“Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of existence.”

Character Feelings Pain

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Philosophical

“There is more to be learnt from every page of David Hume than from the collected philosophical works of Hegel, Herbart, and Schleiermacher are taken together.”

Philosophical Pages Hegel

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Philosophical

“Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount of knowledge, if not elaborated by our own thoughts, is worth much less than a far smaller volume that has been abundantly and repeatedly thought over.”

Library Research Management

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Spiritual

“At the age of five years to enter a spinning-cotton or other factory, and from that time forth to sit there daily, first ten, then twelve, and ultimately fourteen hours, performing the same mechanical labour, is to purchase dearly the satisfaction of drawing breath. But this is the fate of millions, and that of millions more is analogous to it.”

Years Fate Drawing

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