Life is a constant process of dying.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Mortality, Life, Existential Thought, Inevitability, Human Condition
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“Virtue cannot be taught, no more than genius; indeed, concepts are as unfruitful for it as for art and of use only as tools.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Virtue, Teaching, Genius, Morality, Human Capabilities
Arthur Schopenhauer Virtue, Teaching, Genius, Morality, Human Capabilities“A man’s face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man’s thoughts and aspirations.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Expression, Face, Communication, Thoughts, Non-verbal Cues
Arthur Schopenhauer Expression, Face, Communication, Thoughts, Non-verbal Cues“To forgive and forget means to throw away dearly bought experience.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Forgiveness, Experience, Memory, Learning, Emotional Growth
Arthur Schopenhauer Forgiveness, Experience, Memory, Learning, Emotional Growth“The only certain rule is the one that Aristotle already gave: do not dispute with anyone and everyone, but only with those people you know who are intelligent enough to avoid saying things that are so stupid as to expose themselves to humiliation, who appreciate the truth, and who gladly listen to good reasons, even when the opponent claims them, and who are balanced enough to bear a defeat when the truth is on the other side.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Disputation, Wisdom, Conversation, Truth, Intellectual Integrity
Arthur Schopenhauer Disputation, Wisdom, Conversation, Truth, Intellectual Integrity“Will without intellect is the most vulgar and common thing in the world, possessed by every blockhead, who, in the gratification of his passions, shows the stuff of which he is made.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Will, Intellect, Vulgarity, Human Nature, Decision-making
Arthur Schopenhauer Will, Intellect, Vulgarity, Human Nature, Decision-making“Riches, one may say, are like sea-water; the more you drink the thirstier you become; and the same is true of fame.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Riches, Fame, Insatiability, Desire, Human Experience
Arthur Schopenhauer Riches, Fame, Insatiability, Desire, Human Experience“Thus, the task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Original Thought, Perception, Insight, Creativity, Philosophical Exploration
Arthur Schopenhauer Original Thought, Perception, Insight, Creativity, Philosophical Exploration“Every original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Originality, Creativity, Societal Reaction, Acceptance, Intellectual Journey
Arthur Schopenhauer Originality, Creativity, Societal Reaction, Acceptance, Intellectual Journey“You should deal sternly and despotically with your memory, so that it does not unlearn obedience; if, for example, you cannot call something to mind, a line of poetry or a word perhaps, you should not go and look it up in a book, but periodically plague your memory with it for weeks on end until your memory has done its duty. For the longer you have had to rack your brains for something the more firmly will it stay once you have got it.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Memory, Learning, Discipline, Intellectual Effort, Techniques
Arthur Schopenhauer Memory, Learning, Discipline, Intellectual Effort, Techniques“On account of its originality, excellence in every field strikes us as so new and so strange, that to recognize it at first glance will require not only understanding, but also education in the same discipline. As a rule, excellence achieves late recognition, all the later as the discipline is loftier, and those who truly enlighten humankind share the fate of the fixed stars, the light from which requires many years before it descends to the horizon.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Excellence, Originality, Recognition, Education, Creativity
Arthur Schopenhauer Excellence, Originality, Recognition, Education, Creativity“The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Desire, Awareness, Fulfillment, Unawareness, Human Nature
Arthur Schopenhauer Desire, Awareness, Fulfillment, Unawareness, Human Nature“Unrest is the mark of existence.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Unrest, Existence, Human Condition, Philosophical Reflection, Life Experience
Arthur Schopenhauer Unrest, Existence, Human Condition, Philosophical Reflection, Life Experience“Time is that in which all things pass away.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Time, Transience, Impermanence, Existence, Philosophical Insight
Arthur Schopenhauer Time, Transience, Impermanence, Existence, Philosophical Insight“Our moral virtues benefit mainly other people; intellectual virtues, on the other hand, benefit primarily ourselves; therefore the former make us universally popular, the latter unpopular.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Virtues, Morality, Knowledge, Society, Personal Growth
Arthur Schopenhauer Virtues, Morality, Knowledge, Society, Personal Growth“If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Reading, Literature, Quality, Time Management, Personal Choice
Arthur Schopenhauer Reading, Literature, Quality, Time Management, Personal Choice“If a relationship is perfectly natural there will be a complete fusion of the happiness of both of you- owing to fellow-feeling and various other laws which govern our natures, this is, quite simply, the greatest happiness that can exist.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Relationships, Happiness, Connection, Fellow-feeling, Natural Harmony
Arthur Schopenhauer Relationships, Happiness, Connection, Fellow-feeling, Natural Harmony“Where there is no love, a person’s faithfulness to the marriage bond is probably against nature.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Love, Marriage, Faithfulness, Human Nature, Emotional Connection
Arthur Schopenhauer Love, Marriage, Faithfulness, Human Nature, Emotional Connection“Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man’s happiness as its aim and object. Starting from this, everyone then believes he has the most legitimate claim to happiness and enjoyment. If, as usually happens, these do not fall to his lot, he believes that he suffers an injustice, in fact that he misses the whole point of his existence.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Optimism, Happiness, Desire, Disillusionment, Human Condition
Arthur Schopenhauer Optimism, Happiness, Desire, Disillusionment, Human Condition