Our life is a loan received from death with sleep as the daily interest on this loan.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Death, Time, Existential Metaphor, Mortality
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“To read a book is to hold an entire world in the palm of your hand. That world is unique to you; no two readers can ever inhabit the same world.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Reading, Individuality, Books, Personal Experience, Imagination
Arthur Schopenhauer Reading, Individuality, Books, Personal Experience, Imagination“Honour is external conscience, and conscience is inward honour.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Honor, Conscience, Morality, Self-awareness, Ethical Values
Arthur Schopenhauer Honor, Conscience, Morality, Self-awareness, Ethical Values“In savage countries they eat one another, in civilized they deceive one another; and that is what people call the way of the world!” Arthur Schopenhauer
Civilization, Critique, Human Behavior, Morality, Societal Norms
Arthur Schopenhauer Civilization, Critique, Human Behavior, Morality, Societal Norms“Pride is generally censured and decried, but mainly by those who have nothing to be proud of.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Pride, Critique, Self-worth, Social Dynamics, Human Psychology
Arthur Schopenhauer Pride, Critique, Self-worth, Social Dynamics, Human Psychology“It is the monotony of his own nature that makes a man find solitude intolerable.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Monotony, Solitude, Self-discovery, Human Nature, Discomfort
Arthur Schopenhauer Monotony, Solitude, Self-discovery, Human Nature, Discomfort“In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Youth, Anticipation, Life, Metaphor, Imagination
Arthur Schopenhauer Youth, Anticipation, Life, Metaphor, Imagination“Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Will, Intellect, Vulgarity, Human Behavior, Personal Integrity
Arthur Schopenhauer Will, Intellect, Vulgarity, Human Behavior, Personal Integrity“Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Rudeness, Argument, Human Behavior, Social Interaction, Emotional Response
Arthur Schopenhauer Rudeness, Argument, Human Behavior, Social Interaction, Emotional Response“It will generally be found that as soon as the terrors of life reach the point where they outweigh the terrors of death, a man will put an end to his life.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Suicide, Life, Fear, Existential Crisis, Human Psychology
Arthur Schopenhauer Suicide, Life, Fear, Existential Crisis, Human Psychology“To be shocked at how deeply rejection hurts is to ignore what acceptance involves. We must never allow our suffering to be compounded by suggestions that there is something odd in suffering so deeply. There would be something amiss if we didn’t.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Rejection, Acceptance, Emotional Pain, Human Experience, Introspection
Arthur Schopenhauer Rejection, Acceptance, Emotional Pain, Human Experience, Introspection“Every State looks upon its neighbours as at bottom a horde of robbers, who will fall upon it as soon as they have the opportunity.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Politics, Perception, Societal Critique, Human Nature, Rivalry
Arthur Schopenhauer Politics, Perception, Societal Critique, Human Nature, Rivalry“The first forty years of life give the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Life Stages, Experience, Reflection, Growth, Understanding
Arthur Schopenhauer Life Stages, Experience, Reflection, Growth, Understanding“Instead of developing the child’s own faculties of discernment, and teaching it to judge and think for itself, the teacher uses all his energies to stuff its head full of the ready-made thoughts of other people. The mistaken views of life, which spring from a false application of general ideas, have afterwards to be corrected by long years of experience; and it is seldom that they are wholly corrected.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Education, Teaching, Individuality, Critical Thinking, Societal Influence
Arthur Schopenhauer Education, Teaching, Individuality, Critical Thinking, Societal Influence“A great affliction of all Philistines is that idealities afford them no entertainment, but to escape from boredom they are always in need of realities.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Philistinism, Boredom, Escape, Societal Critique, Values
Arthur Schopenhauer Philistinism, Boredom, Escape, Societal Critique, Values“Whoever wants his judgment to be believed, should express it coolly and dispassionately; for all vehemence springs from the will. And so the judgment might be attributed to the will and not to knowledge, which by its nature is cold.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Judgment, Knowledge, Expression, Emotion, Intellectual Integrity
Arthur Schopenhauer Judgment, Knowledge, Expression, Emotion, Intellectual Integrity“Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Obstinacy, Intellect, Willpower, Decision-making, Human Behavior
Arthur Schopenhauer Obstinacy, Intellect, Willpower, Decision-making, Human Behavior“Truth is most beautiful undraped.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Truth, Beauty, Authenticity, Simplicity, Honesty
Arthur Schopenhauer Truth, Beauty, Authenticity, Simplicity, Honesty“It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Sacrifice, Pleasure, Pain, Emotional Intelligence, Benefits Of Choice
Arthur Schopenhauer Sacrifice, Pleasure, Pain, Emotional Intelligence, Benefits Of Choice