Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes — Page 26

Philosopher

Melancholic

“We see in tragedy the noblest men, after a long conflict and suffering, finally renounce forever all the pleasure of life and the aims till then pursued so keenly, or cheerfully and willingly give up life itself.”

Men Long Giving Up

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Arthur Schopenhauer

Philosopher

Funny

“Our religions will never at any time take root; the ancient wisdom of the human race will not be supplanted by the events in Galilee. On the contrary, Indian wisdom flows back to Europe, and will produce a fundamental change in our knowledge and thought.”

Race Europe Roots

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Grateful

“It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.”

Fate Philosophical

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Sad

“A happy life is impossible; the best that a man can attain is a heroic life.”

Men Happy Life

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Philosophical

“As a general rule, the longer a man's fame is likely to last, the later it will be in coming; for all excellent products require time for their development.”

Men Lasts Philosophical

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Courageous

“Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.”

Dirty Patriotic Naughty

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Philosophical

“Malebranche teaches that we see all things in God himself. This is certainly equivalent to explaining something unknown by something even more unknown. Moreover, according to him, we see not only all things in God, but God is also the sole activity therein, so that physical causes are so only apparently; they are merely occasional causes. ( Recherches de la vérité , Livre VI, seconde partie, chap. 3.) And so here we have essentially the pantheism of Spinoza who appears to have learned more from Malebranche than from Descartes.”

Causes Pantheism Spinoza

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Philosophical

“Human life, like all inferior goods, is covered on the outside with a false glitter; what suffers always conceals itself.”

Suffering Human Life Glitter

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Grateful

“With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable...Healt h is by far the most important element in human happiness.”

Important May Elements

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Philosophical

“There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.”

Doubt Philosophical Adversity

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Sad

“In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties.”

Mean Rights Marriage

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Philosophical

“The fourfold root of the principle of sufficent reason is "Anything perceived has a cause. All conclusions have premises. All effects have causes. All actions have motives.”

Causes Principles Roots

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