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
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“Sometimes I speak to men and women just as a little girl speaks to her doll. She knows, of course, that the doll does not understand her, but she creates for herself the joy of communication through a pleasant and conscious self-deception.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Communication, Self-deception, Joy, Relationships, Innocence
Arthur Schopenhauer Communication, Self-deception, Joy, Relationships, Innocence“Nothing shocks our moral feelings so deeply as cruelty does. We can forgive every other crime, but not cruelty. The reason for this is that it is the very opposite of compassion.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Cruelty, Morality, Compassion, Ethics, Human Nature
Arthur Schopenhauer Cruelty, Morality, Compassion, Ethics, Human Nature“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“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“It then becomes clear and certain to him that he does not know a sun and an earth, but only an eye that sees a sun, a hand that feels an earth; that the world around him is there only as representation, in other words, only in reference to another thing, namely that which represents, and this is himself.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Perception, Reality, Representation, Self-awareness, Philosophical Insight
Arthur Schopenhauer Perception, Reality, Representation, Self-awareness, Philosophical Insight“Astrology furnishes a splendid proof of the contemptible subjectivity of men. It refers the course of celestial bodies to the miserable ego: it establishes a connection between the comets in heaven and squabbles and rascalities on earth.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Astrology, Subjectivity, Ego, Celestial Bodies, Human Behavior
Arthur Schopenhauer Astrology, Subjectivity, Ego, Celestial Bodies, Human Behavior“Everywhere where detestable Islam has not yet driven out the ancient, profound religions of humanity with fire and sword, my ascetic results would have to fear the reproach of being trivial.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Religion, Cultural Critique, Asceticism, Historical Conflict, Spirituality
Arthur Schopenhauer Religion, Cultural Critique, Asceticism, Historical Conflict, Spirituality“I’ve never known any trouble than an hour’s reading didn’t assuage.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Reading, Trouble, Solace, Literature, Personal Escape
Arthur Schopenhauer Reading, Trouble, Solace, Literature, Personal Escape“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“To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Freedom, Error, Knowledge, Personal Growth, Generosity
Arthur Schopenhauer Freedom, Error, Knowledge, Personal Growth, Generosity“Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every remeeting a foretaste of the resurrection. That is why even people who are indifferent to each other rejoice so much if they meet again after twenty or thirty years of separation.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Parting, Reunion, Death, Resurrection, Human Connections
Arthur Schopenhauer Parting, Reunion, Death, Resurrection, Human Connections“If you feel irritated by the absurd remarks of two people whose conversation you happen to overhear, you should imagine that you are listening to a dialogue of two fools in a comedy.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Irritation, Perception, Absurdity, Human Nature, Social Behavior
Arthur Schopenhauer Irritation, Perception, Absurdity, Human Nature, Social Behavior“If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most ill-adapted to its purpose in the world.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Suffering, Existence, Purpose, Human Condition, Existential Thought
Arthur Schopenhauer Suffering, Existence, Purpose, Human Condition, Existential Thought“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“For what is our civilized world but a big masquerade? where you meet knights, priests, soldiers, men of learning, barristers, clergymen, philosophers, and I don’t know what all! But they are not what they pretend to be; they are only masks, and, as a rule, behind the masks you will find moneymakers.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Society, Masks, Identity, Human Nature, Critique
Arthur Schopenhauer Society, Masks, Identity, Human Nature, Critique“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“Human life, like all inferior goods, is covered on the outside with a false glitter; what suffers always conceals itself.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Human Life, Perception, Superficiality, Suffering, Deeper Truths
Arthur Schopenhauer Human Life, Perception, Superficiality, Suffering, Deeper Truths“Because appearance remains appearance and does not become thing in itself.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Appearance, Reality, Perception, Truth, Philosophical Concept
Arthur Schopenhauer Appearance, Reality, Perception, Truth, Philosophical Concept“All happiness is of a negative rather than positive nature, and for this reason cannot give lasting satisfaction and gratification, but rather only ever a release from a pain or lack, which must be followed either by a new pain or by languor, empty yearning and boredom.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Happiness, Pain, Negativity, Human Experience, Satisfaction
Arthur Schopenhauer Happiness, Pain, Negativity, Human Experience, Satisfaction