958 Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

In truth the most striking figure for the relation of the two is that of the strong blind man carrying the sighted lame man on his shoulders.

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people

Every human perfection is allied to a defect into which it threatens to pass, but it is also true that every defect is allied to a perfection.

Mostly the loss teaches us only about the value of things.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arise from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost

On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head.

True brevity of expression consists in a man only saying what is worth saying, while avoiding all diffuse explanations of things which every one can think out for himself.