Quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer

Chi vive tanto da veder passare due o addirittura tre generazioni di uomini si sente come uno spettatore che, durante la fiera, assiste alle esibizioni di saltimbanchi di ogni specie nei loro baracconi, standosene seduto a guardare lo stesso spettacolo per due o tre volte di seguito: i numeri erano studiati per una sola rappresentazione e, una volta scomparse l'illusione e la novità, non fanno più alcun effetto.

Bütün bunlar elbette, hayat?n bir rüya, ölümün de bu rüyadan uyan?? olarak nitelendirilebileceÄŸi anlam?na gelir. Ancak unutulmamal?d?r ki kiÅŸilik ve birey, bu rüya haline aittir, uyanm?? bilince deÄŸil.

Die allermeiste Gesellschaft ist so beschaffen, dass wer sie gegen die Einsamkeit vertauscht einen guten Handel macht.

The ordinary life of every day, so far as it is not moved by passion, is tedious and insipid; and if it is so moved, it soon becomes painful.

Bei Abwesenheit großer Leiden quälen uns die kleinsten Unannehmlichkeiten.

Life and dreams are leaves of the same book.

Lesen heißt mit einem fremden Kopfe, statt des eigenen, denken.

We must not even evade it, as the Indians do, by myths and meaningless words, such as reabsorption in Brahman, or the Nirvana of the Buddhists. On the contrary, we freely acknowledge that what remains after the complete abolition of the will is, for all who are still full of the will, assuredly nothing. But also conversely, to those in whom the will has turned and denied itself, this very real world with all its suns and galaxies, is—nothing

The life of the mind is not only a protection against boredom; it also wards off the pernicious effects of boredom; it keeps us from bad company, from the many dangers, misfortunes, losses and extravagances which the man who places his happiness entirely in the objective world is sure to encounter

The world is just a hell and in it human beings are the tortured souls on the one hand, and the devils on the other

Talentul e precum un ?inta? care love?te o ?int? pe care ceilal?i nu o pot nimeri; geniul e precum un ?inta? care love?te o ?int? pe care ceilal?i nu o pot vedea.

Nature is unfathomable because we seek after causes and consequences in a realm where this form is not to be found. We try to reach the inner being of nature, which looks out at us from every phenomenon, under the guidance of the principle of sufficient reason - whereas this is merely the form under which our intellect comprehends appearance, i.e. the surface of things, while we want to employ it beyond the bounds of appearance; for within these bounds it is serviceable and sufficient.

Só quando a verdade for adquirida por seu próprio pensamento, através dos esforços de seu intelecto, ela se torna membro de seu próprio corpo, e só essa verdade realmente nos pertence.

Si un Dios ha hecho ese mundo, yo no quisiera ser ese Dios. La miseria del mundo me desgarraría el corazón.

The life of the individual is only borrowed from that of the species.

Weinigen schrijven zoals een architect bouwt. Verreweg de meesten schrijven zoals men domino speelt.

Querer es esencialmente sufrir, y como vivir es querer, toda vida es por esencia dolor.

Originally, we are all inclined to injustice and violence, because our needs, desires, anger, and hatred immediately enter consciousness and thus have the jus primi occupantis

Zor zamanlarda itidalini korumay?, güzel anlarda da a??r? sevincini dizginlemeyi hat?rla. -Horatius, Carmina

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.

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

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Time is that by which at every moment all things become as nothing in our hands, and thereby lose all their true value.

It is in trifles and when he is off his guard that a man best shows his character.