Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes About Life
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Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!
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Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact.
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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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Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred.
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Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.
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Human life must be some form of mistake.
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Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
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The progress of life shows a man the stuff of which he is made.
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The scenes of our life are like pictures done in rough mosaic. Looked at close, they produce no effect. There is nothing beautiful to be found in them, unless you stand some distance off.
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The tallest oak tree once was an acorn that any pig could have swallowed.
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Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
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It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big. It is an indivisible point, drawn out and magnified by the powerful lenses of Time and Space.
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Consciousness is the mere surface of our minds, of which, as of the earth, we do not know the inside, but only the crust.
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A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life.
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Life is a task to be done. It is a fine thing to say defunctus est; it means that the man has done his task.
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There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.
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It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
- Born: February 22, 1788
- Died: September 21, 1860
- Occupation: Philosopher
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