Quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer

Thus the task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees.

je?eli dysputujÄ… dwie pospolite gÅ'owy, okazuje siÄ™, ?e or??em wybranym przez nie sÄ… autorytety; bijÄ… siÄ™ wspólnie autorytetami

Nonetheless, everyone desires to achieve old age, that is to say a condition in which one can say: 'Today it is bad, and day by day it will get worse – until at last the worst of all arrives.

Then again we find that young girls in their hearts regard their domestic or other affairs as secondary things, if not as a mere jest. Love, conquests, and all that these include, such as dressing, dancing, and so on, they give their serious attention.

A vida é como uma bola de sabão, que conservamos e sopramos tanto quanto for possível, porém com a firme certeza de que ela irá estourar.

sinir sisteminin ya da sindirim ayg?tlar?n?n hastal?kl? bir heyecan?, doÄŸuÅŸtan dyskolos'un ekmeÄŸine yaÄŸ sürerse; o zaman bu kiÅŸi, sürekli hoÅŸnutsuzluÄŸun doÄŸurduÄŸu, yaÅŸamdan b?kk?nl??a ve bunun sonucunda da intihar eÄŸiliminin ortaya ç?kt??? üst dereceye ulaÅŸabilir.

Do?? cz?sto po o?ywionym sporze ka?dy z dysputuj?cych powraca do siebie ze zdaniem przeciwnika. Wprost pozamieniali si? ze sob? w?asnymi pogl?dami. Nie sztuka wi?c dowodzi?, ?e w sporach winno si? mie? na wzgl?dzie tylko wyja?nienie prawdy; ale w?a?nie chodzi o to, ?e jeszcze nie wiadomo, gdzie jest ta prawda, gdy? argumenty przeciwnika i nasze w?asne wprowadzaj? nas w b??d

Bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind. In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.

ProwadzÄ…cy dysputÄ™ walczy zwykle nie za prawdÄ™, lecz za swojÄ… tezÄ™ (...) Ka?dy wiÄ™c pragnie zwyci??y? zawsze, nawet wówczas, kiedy wÅ'asne twierdzenie uzna w danej chwili za bÅ'Ä™dne lub wÄ…tpliwe.

A vida oscila, como um pêndulo, de um lado para o outro, entre a dor e o tédio.

La vida no se presenta de modo alguno como un regalo del cual podamos disfrutar, sino más bien como un deber, una tarea que es necesaria cumplir a fuerza de trabajo.

Republics are anti-natural, artificial, and derive from reflection: consequently there are also very few of them in the entire history of mankind...

ten, kto wychodzi ze sporu zwyci?zc?, do?? cz?sto zawdzi?cza to nie tyle prawid?owo?ci s?du przy obronie swej tezy, ile sztuce i zr?czno?ci, z jak? to wykonywa?

Ludzie zawsze s? gotowi do ?miechu, a ci, co si? ?miej?, s? po naszej stronie.

felicidad perfecta es inalcanzable, podamos llegar a esa felicidad relativa que consiste en la ausencia del dolor.

The true emblem of causa sui is Baron Münchhausen, who, clamping his legs around his horse as it sinks in the water, pulls his pigtail up over his head and raises himself and the horse into the heights; under this emblem, put: causa sui.

Men of very great capacity, will as a rule, find the company of very stupid people preferable to that of the common run; for the same reason that the tyrant and the mob, the grandfather and the grandchildren, are natural allies.

Uderz, ale wys?uchaj

We look upon the present as something to be put up with while it lasts, and serving only as the way towards our goal. Hence most people, if they glance back when they come to the end of life, will find that all along they have been living _ad interim_: they will be surprised to find that the very thing they disregarded and let slip by unenjoyed, was just the life in the expectation of which they passed all their time.

You can do what you will, but in any given moment of your life you can will only one definite thing and absolutely nothing other than that one thing.

Simplicity has always been looked upon as a token, not only of truth, but also of genius. Style receives its beauty from the thought expressed, while with those writers who only pretend to think it is their thoughts that are said to be fine because of their style. Style is merely the silhouette of thought; and to write in a vague or bad style means a stupid or confused mind.

Dünyada gurur duyabileceÄŸi hiçbir ÅŸeyi olmayan zavall? bir adam, son çareye, ait olmakla gurur duyduÄŸu ulusa uzat?r elini; burada kendine gelir ve art?k, ÅŸükran içinde ulusa özgü tüm hatalar? ve aptall?klar? diÅŸiyle t?rna??yla savunmaya haz?rd?r.

However, the main endeavor must always be to let particular observations precede general ideas, and not vice versa, as is usually and unfortunately the case; as though a child should come feet foremost into the world, or a verse be begun by writing down the rhyme! The ordinary method

But you could just as well call this mode of life the greatest folly: for that which in a moment ceases to exist, which vanishes as completely as a dream, cannot be worth any serious effort.