If there is anything in the world that can really be called a man’s property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.
– Arthur Schopenhauer –
The Schopenhauer Cure: A Novel (P.S.)
Feb 7, 2010
Quote of the day
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
– Arthur Schopenhauer –
The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims
Feb 27, 2007
Quote of the day
A man’s face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man’s thoughts and aspirations.
(Schopenhauer)
Feb 25, 2007
Quote of the day
A man’s delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
– Schopenhauer –
Feb 13, 2007
Quote of the day
It is only a man’s own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else’s meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.
– Schopenhauer –
