More Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.
The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.
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.
What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity
You are free to do what you want, but you are not free to want what you want.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
The Universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.
Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.
