958 Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

The beard, being a half-mask, should be forbidden by the police - It is, moreover, as a sexual symbol in the middle of the face, obscene: that is why it pleases women.

Each day is a little life.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Every genius is a great child; he gazes out at the world as something strange, a spectacle, and therefore with purely objective interest

Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal value is large or small.

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.

Talent is able to achieve what is beyond other people's capacity to achieve, yet not what is beyond their capacity of apprehension; therefore it at once finds its appreciators. The achievement of genius, on the other hand, transcends not only others' capacity of achievement, but also their capacity of apprehension; therefore they do not become immediately aware of it. Talent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.