Arthur Schopenhauer Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Arthur Schopenhauer quotes, Arthur Schopenhauer sayings, and Arthur Schopenhauer proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer
The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as though he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him. Arthur Schopenhauer
Great minds are like eagles, and build their nest in some lofty solitude. Arthur Schopenhauer
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. Arthur Schopenhauer
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune. Arthur Schopenhauer
Men should use common words to say uncommon things. Arthur Schopenhauer
The petty misfortune that vex us every hour may be regarded as intended to keep us in practice so that the strength to endure great misfortunes may not wholly be dissipated in prosperity. Arthur Schopenhauer
Marrying means to halve one's rights and double one's duties Arthur Schopenhauer
The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence. Arthur Schopenhauer
Music is the melody whose text is the world. Arthur Schopenhauer
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness. Arthur Schopenhauer
Every generation, no matter how paltry its character, thinks itself much wiser than the one immediately preceding it, let alone those that are more remote. Arthur Schopenhauer
The man who sees two or three generations is like one who sits in the conjurer’s booth at a fair, and sees the same tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once. Arthur Schopenhauer
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. Arthur Schopenhauer
Our civilized world is nothing but a great masquerade. You encounter knights, parsons, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, priests, philosophers and a thousand more: but they are not what they appear - they are merely masks... Usually, as I say, there is nothing but industrialists, businessmen and speculators concealed behind all these masks. Arthur Schopenhauer
If children are brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Arthur Schopenhauer
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. Arthur Schopenhauer
The world is not a factory and animals are not products for our use. Arthur Schopenhauer
Hatred is an affair of the heart, contempt that of the head. Arthur Schopenhauer
A man can surely do what he wills to do, but he cannot determine what he wills. Arthur Schopenhauer
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. Arthur Schopenhauer
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. Arthur Schopenhauer
The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him. Arthur Schopenhauer
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. Arthur Schopenhauer
It is well-known that evils are alleviated by the fact that we bear them in common. People seem to regard boredom as one of these and therefore get together in order to be bored in common. Arthur Schopenhauer
Each day is a little life every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. Arthur Schopenhauer
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. Arthur Schopenhauer
Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light. Arthur Schopenhauer
Ordinary people think merely of spending time, great people think of using it. Arthur Schopenhauer