More Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack. Therefore, rather than grateful, we are bitter.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.
A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
