More Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.
A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
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.
We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack. Therefore, rather than grateful, we are bitter.
Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
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.