Arthur Schopenhauer

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. ”

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage. ”

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed. ”

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots! ”

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost. ”

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. ”

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

To live alone is the fate of all great souls. ”

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. ”

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over. ”