Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes About Inspirational
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Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.
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Every truth passes through 3 stages before it is recognized 1)ridicule 2) opposition 3) accepted as self-evident.
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Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
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With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
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Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance.
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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
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Whoever wants his judgment to be believed, should express it coolly and dispassionately; for all vehemence springs from the will. And so the judgment might be attributed to the will and not to knowledge, which by its nature is cold.
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We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.
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Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
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It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
- Born: February 22, 1788
- Died: September 21, 1860
- Occupation: Philosopher
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