The young should early be trained to bear being left alone; for it is a source of happiness and peace of mind.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Youth, Solitude, Happiness, Peace, Personal Growth
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“Jede Trennung gibt einen Vorgeschmack des Todes und jedes Wiedersehen einen Vorgeschmack der Auferstehung. (Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every reunion a foretaste of resurrection.)” Arthur Schopenhauer
Parting, Reunion, Death, Resurrection, Emotional Experiences
Arthur Schopenhauer Parting, Reunion, Death, Resurrection, Emotional Experiences“Every genius is a great child; he gazes out at the world as something strange, a spectacle, and therefore with purely objective interest.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Genius, Childlike Wonder, Perception, Objectivity, Creativity
Arthur Schopenhauer Genius, Childlike Wonder, Perception, Objectivity, Creativity“A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues?” Arthur Schopenhauer
Genius, Sociability, Individuality, Creativity, Self-expression
Arthur Schopenhauer Genius, Sociability, Individuality, Creativity, Self-expression“Night gives a black look to everything, whatever it may be.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Night, Perception, Darkness, Mood, Human Psychology
Arthur Schopenhauer Night, Perception, Darkness, Mood, Human Psychology“Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Freedom Of The Press, Government, Rights, Democracy, Societal Functions
Arthur Schopenhauer Freedom Of The Press, Government, Rights, Democracy, Societal Functions“Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural sources of knowledge.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Trust, Reason, Belief, Human Behavior, Skepticism
Arthur Schopenhauer Trust, Reason, Belief, Human Behavior, Skepticism“Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Sociability, Nobility, Character, Social Dynamics, Human Nature
Arthur Schopenhauer Sociability, Nobility, Character, Social Dynamics, Human Nature“Music is an unconscious exercise in metaphysics in which the mind does not know it is philosophizing.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Music, Philosophy, Metaphysics, Subconscious, Art
Arthur Schopenhauer Music, Philosophy, Metaphysics, Subconscious, Art“Scoundrels are always sociable.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Scoundrels, Sociability, Human Behavior, Social Dynamics, Morality
Arthur Schopenhauer Scoundrels, Sociability, Human Behavior, Social Dynamics, Morality“For, as you know, religions are like glow-worms; they shine only when it is dark.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Religion, Light, Darkness, Metaphor, Human Belief
Arthur Schopenhauer Religion, Light, Darkness, Metaphor, Human Belief“A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Reading, Quality, Literature, Intellectual Nourishment, Life Choices
Arthur Schopenhauer Reading, Quality, Literature, Intellectual Nourishment, Life Choices“A man may begin by following the craving of desire, until he comes to see how hollow and unreal a thing life is, how deceitful are its pleasures, what horrible aspects it possesses; and this it is that makes people hermits, penitents, Magdalenes.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Desire, Life, Disillusionment, Human Experience, Introspection
Arthur Schopenhauer Desire, Life, Disillusionment, Human Experience, Introspection“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Solitude, Individuality, Freedom, Self-identity, Personal Growth
Arthur Schopenhauer Solitude, Individuality, Freedom, Self-identity, Personal Growth“The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Truth, Prejudice, Discovery, Opinion, Barriers To Understanding
Arthur Schopenhauer Truth, Prejudice, Discovery, Opinion, Barriers To Understanding“He who can see truly in the midst of general infatuation is like a man whose watch keeps good time, when all clocks in the town in which he lives are wrong. He alone knows the right time; what use is that to him?” Arthur Schopenhauer
Perception, Infatuation, Awareness, Truth, Individuality
Arthur Schopenhauer Perception, Infatuation, Awareness, Truth, Individuality“The more distinctly a man knows, the more intelligent he is, the more pain he has; the man who is gifted with genius suffers most of all.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Intelligence, Pain, Genius, Understanding, Human Experience
Arthur Schopenhauer Intelligence, Pain, Genius, Understanding, Human Experience“No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Pain, Beauty, Duality, Life’s Challenges, Metaphor
Arthur Schopenhauer Pain, Beauty, Duality, Life’s Challenges, Metaphor“The progress of life shows a man the stuff of which he is made.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Growth, Self-discovery, Challenges, Personal Development
Arthur Schopenhauer Life, Growth, Self-discovery, Challenges, Personal Development