Marrying means, to grasp blindfolded into a sack hoping to find out an eel out of an assembly of snakes.
Arthur SchopenhauerMostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.
Arthur SchopenhauerTags: loss death worth attachment
The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the colour perfectly harmonised; it is true to life. On the other hand, the intellectual attainments of the mere man of learning are like a large palette, full of all sorts of colours, which at most are systematically arranged, but devoid of harmony, connection and meaning.
Arthur SchopenhauerTags: philosophy intellect
Just as one spoils the stomach by overfeeding and thereby impairs the whole body, so can one overload and choke the mind by giving it too much nourishment. For the more one reads the fewer are the traces left of what one has read; the mind is like a tablet that has been written over and over. Hence it is impossible to reflect; and it is only by reflection that one can assimilate what one has read. If one reads straight ahead without pondering over it later, what has been read does not take root, but is for the most part lost.
Arthur SchopenhauerTags: reading books philosophy reflection consideration
The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.
Arthur SchopenhauerTags: words reading books literature
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
Arthur SchopenhauerPleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you don't believe it, compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is eating the other.
Arthur SchopenhauerA man who has not enough originality to think out a new title for his book will be much less capable of giving it new contents.
Arthur SchopenhauerThis is the case with many learned persons; they have read themselves stupid.
Arthur SchopenhauerHence, in all countries the chief occupation of society is card-playing, and it is the gauge of its value, and an outward sign that it is bankrupt in thought. Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another’s money. Idiots!
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