More Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.
The present is the only reality and the only certainty.
We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack. Therefore, rather than grateful, we are bitter.
The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
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.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
You are free to do what you want, but you are not free to want what you want.
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.
