To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Immortality, Desire, Existential Thought, Permanence, Philosophical Reflection
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“The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud.” Arthur Schopenhauer
National Pride, Identity, Self-worth, Societal Values, Pride
Arthur Schopenhauer National Pride, Identity, Self-worth, Societal Values, Pride“Life presents itself first and foremost as a task: the task of maintaining itself, the task of earning one’s living. If this task is accomplished, what has been gained is a burden, and there then appears a second task: that of doing something with it so as to ward off boredom, which hovers over every secure life like a bird of prey. Thus the first task is to gain something and the second to become unconscious of what has been gained, which is otherwise a burden.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Tasks, Existence, Boredom, Labor, Human Experience
Arthur Schopenhauer Tasks, Existence, Boredom, Labor, Human Experience“It is just as little necessary for the saint to be a philosopher as for the philosopher to be a saint; just as it is not necessary for a perfectly beautiful person to be a great sculptor, or for a sculptor to be himself a beautiful person. In general it is a strange demand on a moralist that he should commend no other virtue than that which he himself possesses.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Saint, Philosopher, Virtue, Artistry, Morality
Arthur Schopenhauer Saint, Philosopher, Virtue, Artistry, Morality“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Solitude, Greatness, Individualism, Introspection, Human Experience
Arthur Schopenhauer Solitude, Greatness, Individualism, Introspection, Human Experience“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“Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, “Lighthouses” as the poet said “erected in the sea of time.” They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Books, Civilization, Knowledge, Literature, Cultural Development
Arthur Schopenhauer Books, Civilization, Knowledge, Literature, Cultural Development“Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts, or leave it.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Troubles, Resilience, Mindset, Coping Strategies
Arthur Schopenhauer Life, Troubles, Resilience, Mindset, Coping Strategies“Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Happiness, Self-sufficiency, External Factors, Fulfillment, Human Experience
Arthur Schopenhauer Happiness, Self-sufficiency, External Factors, Fulfillment, Human Experience“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“Scoundrels are always sociable.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Scoundrels, Sociability, Human Behavior, Social Dynamics, Morality
Arthur Schopenhauer Scoundrels, Sociability, Human Behavior, Social Dynamics, Morality“Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Hope, Desire, Perception, Probability, Human Emotion
Arthur Schopenhauer Hope, Desire, Perception, Probability, Human Emotion“In general, nine-tenths of our happiness depends on our health alone.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Happiness, Health, Well-being, Essential Needs, Personal Priorities
Arthur Schopenhauer Happiness, Health, Well-being, Essential Needs, Personal Priorities“All striving comes from lack, from a dissatisfaction with one’s condition, and is thus suffering as long as it is not satisfied; but no satisfaction is lasting; instead, it is only the beginning of a new striving. We see striving everywhere inhibited in many ways, struggling everywhere; and thus always suffering; there is no final goal of striving, and therefore no bounds or end to suffering.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Striving, Dissatisfaction, Suffering, Human Condition, Endless Pursuit
Arthur Schopenhauer Striving, Dissatisfaction, Suffering, Human Condition, Endless Pursuit“Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Friendship, Connections, Fortune, Networking, Social Influence
Arthur Schopenhauer Friendship, Connections, Fortune, Networking, Social Influence“Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another’s money. Idiots!” Arthur Schopenhauer
Society, Gambling, Thoughtlessness, Commentary, Human Folly
Arthur Schopenhauer Society, Gambling, Thoughtlessness, Commentary, Human Folly“Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Noise, Interruption, Thought, Distraction, Human Experience
Arthur Schopenhauer Noise, Interruption, Thought, Distraction, Human Experience“When a man has reached a condition in which he believes that a thing must happen because he does not wish it, and that what he wishes to happen never will be, this is really the state called desperation.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Desperation, Belief, Human Psyche, Emotion, Existential Reflection
Arthur Schopenhauer Desperation, Belief, Human Psyche, Emotion, Existential Reflection“It would be better if there were nothing. Since there is more pain than pleasure on earth, every satisfaction is only transitory, creating new desires and new distresses, and the agony of the devoured animal is always far greater than the pleasure of the devourer.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Existence, Pleasure Vs Pain, Transience, Satisfaction, Existential Thought
Arthur Schopenhauer Existence, Pleasure Vs Pain, Transience, Satisfaction, Existential Thought