958 Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves.

The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy.

In every page of David Hume, there is more to be learned than from Hegel's, Herbart's and Schleiermacher's complete philosophical works.

Most men are so thoroughly subjective that nothing really interests them but themselves.

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

The world is not a factory and animals are not products for our use

Materialism is the philosophy of the subject who forgets to take account of himself.