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Inspirational Quotations by Arthur Schopenhauer (German Philosopher)

Inspirational Quotations by Arthur Schopenhauer (German Philosopher)

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) was a German philosopher best known for his book, The World as Will and Representation, in which he claimed that our world is driven by a continually dissatisfied will, continually seeking satisfaction. Influenced by Eastern philosophy, he maintained that the “truth was recognized by the sages of India”; consequently, his solutions to suffering were similar to those of Vedantic and Buddhist thinkers. His faith in “transcendental ideality” led him to accept atheism.

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Life is a language in which certain truths are conveyed to us;
if we could learn them in some other way, we should not live.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life–it will be the solace of my death.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

Hatred is an affair of the heart;
contempt that of the head.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
—Arthur Schopenhauer
Topics: Friendship

With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

Every person takes the limits for their own field
of vision for the limits of the world.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

According to me, the influence of Sanskrit literature will not be lesser than what was, in the 16th century, Greece’s influence on Renaissance. One day, India’s wisdom will flow again on Europe and will totally transform our knowledge and thought.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has, or how he is regarded by others.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

Money is human happiness in the abstract; and so the man who is no longer capable of enjoying such happiness in the concrete, sets his whole heart on money.
—Arthur Schopenhauer
Topics: Success, Money, Happiness

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
—Arthur Schopenhauer
Topics: Wisdom

It is a great piece of folly to sacrifice the inner for the outer man.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else’s head instead of with one’s own.
—Arthur Schopenhauer
Topics: Books, Reading, Literature

The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

The happiness of any given life is to be measured not by its joys and pleasures, but by the extent to which it has been free from suffering, from positive evil.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

We seldom think of what we have,|but always of what we lack.
—Arthur Schopenhauer

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