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
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“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“We should comfort ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages - stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to us.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Art, Comfort, Masterpieces, Communication, Reflection
Arthur Schopenhauer Art, Comfort, Masterpieces, Communication, Reflection“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“I have not yet spoken my last word about women. I believe that if a woman succeeds in withdrawing from the mass, or rather raising herself from above the mass, she grows ceaselessly and more than a man.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Women, Individuality, Empowerment, Gender Dynamics, Personal Growth
Arthur Schopenhauer Women, Individuality, Empowerment, Gender Dynamics, Personal Growth“We learn by experience that happiness and pleasure are a fata morgana, which, visible from afar, vanish as we approach; that, on the other hand, suffering and pain are a reality, which makes its presence felt without any intermediary, and for its effect, stands in no need of illusion or the play of false hope.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Happiness, Suffering, Reality, Illusion, Human Experience
Arthur Schopenhauer Happiness, Suffering, Reality, Illusion, Human Experience“To desire immortality for the individual is really the same as wanting to perpetuate an error forever.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Immortality, Desire, Existence, Philosophical Thought, Human Nature
Arthur Schopenhauer Immortality, Desire, Existence, Philosophical Thought, Human Nature“A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Reproach, Self-awareness, Emotional Resilience, Perception, Personal Values
Arthur Schopenhauer Reproach, Self-awareness, Emotional Resilience, Perception, Personal Values“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“A man shows his character just in the way in which he deals with trifles, for then he is off his guard.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Character, Trifles, Authenticity, Human Behavior, True Self
Arthur Schopenhauer Character, Trifles, Authenticity, Human Behavior, True Self“That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to satisfy; that their satisfaction achieves nothing but a painless condition in which he is only given over to boredom; and that boredom is a direct proof that existence is in itself valueless, for boredom is nothing other than the sensation of the emptiness of existence.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Existence, Needs, Boredom, Human Condition, Philosophical Inquiry
Arthur Schopenhauer Existence, Needs, Boredom, Human Condition, Philosophical Inquiry“Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Pendulum, Emotional Experience, Duality, Human Condition
Arthur Schopenhauer Life, Pendulum, Emotional Experience, Duality, Human Condition“Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Wealth, Fame, Satisfaction, Human Desires, Insatiability
Arthur Schopenhauer Wealth, Fame, Satisfaction, Human Desires, Insatiability“Every moment of our life belongs to the present only for a moment; then it belongs for ever to the past.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Moment, Time, Present, Memory, Fleeting Existence
Arthur Schopenhauer Moment, Time, Present, Memory, Fleeting Existence“Human life must be some form of mistake.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Human Existence, Existential Thought, Reflection, Philosophical Critique, Life’s Purpose
Arthur Schopenhauer Human Existence, Existential Thought, Reflection, Philosophical Critique, Life’s Purpose“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“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“Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Existence, Struggle, Life, Mortality, Human Condition
Arthur Schopenhauer Existence, Struggle, Life, Mortality, Human Condition“The man who sees two or three generations is like one who sits in the conjuror’s booth at a fair, and sees the same tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Experience, Generations, Observation, Repetition, Life Lessons
Arthur Schopenhauer Experience, Generations, Observation, Repetition, Life Lessons