More Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.
The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.
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.
Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last. This is why so few men of learning have such sound common sense as is quite common among the illiterate.
We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack. Therefore, rather than grateful, we are bitter.
The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.
