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Whoever wants his judgment to be believed, should express it coolly and dispassionately; for all vehemence springs from the will. And so the judgment might be attributed to the will and not to knowledge, which by its

Whoever wants his judgment to be believed, should express it coolly and dispassionately; for all vehemence springs from the will. And so the judgment might be attributed to the will and not to knowledge, which by its nature is cold.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Inspirational, Spring, Vehemence
Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). “Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays”, p.464, Oxford University Press

Human life, like all inferior goods, is covered on the outside with a false glitter; what suffers always conceals itself.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Suffering, Glitter, Human Life
Arthur Schopenhauer (1958). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.325, Courier Corporation

Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Animal, Men, Compassion
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.98, Publishdrive

Genius is its own reward; for the best that one is, one must necessarily be for oneself. . . . Further, genius consists in the working of the free intellect., and as a consequence the productions of genius serve no useful purpose. The work of genius may be music, philosophy, painting, or poetry; it is nothing for use or profit. To be useless and unprofitable is one of the characteristics of genius; it is their patent of nobility.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Music, Philosophy, Useless

It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Wise, Stupid, Fire
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Science, Power, Errors
"Counsels and Maxims". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, Vol. 2, Ch. 1, § 17, 2007.

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Dog, Stupidity, Mankind
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Art of Literature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.72, 谷月社

This is the case with many learned persons; they have read themselves stupid.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Stupid, Learned Person, Cases
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Religion, a Dialogue, Etc: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.28, 谷月社

A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Hurt, Doe, Treats
"Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life". Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851.

If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Book, Life Is Short, Men
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.375, Simon and Schuster

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Beautiful, Writing, Expression
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays”, p.29, 谷月社

There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and at the same time, all-powerful being; firstly, the misery which abounds in it everywhere; and secondly, the obvious imperfection of its highest product, man, who is a burlesque of what he should be.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Wise, Atheist, Powerful
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

Imagination is strong in a man when that particular function of the brain which enables him to observe is roused to activity without any necessary excitement of the sense. Accordingly, we find that imagination is active just in proportion as our sense are not excited by external objects. A long period of solitude, whether in prison or in a sick room; quiet, twilight, darkness-these are the things that promote its activity; and under their influence it comes into play of itself.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Strong, Twilight, Men
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.247, Simon and Schuster

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Birthday, Philosophical, Years

The nobler and more perfect a thing is, the later and slower it is in arriving at maturity. A man reaches the maturity of his reasoning powers and mental faculties hardly before the age of twenty-eight; a woman at eighteen.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Maturity, Men, Eight
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.47, 谷月社

To attain something desired is to discover how vain it is; and…though we live all our lives in expectation of better things, we often at the same time long regretfully for what is past. The present, on the other hand, is regarded as something quite temporary and serving only as the road to our goal. That is why most men discover when they look back on their life that they have the whole time been living ad interim, and are surprised to see that which they let go by so unregarded and unenjoyed was precisely their life, was precisely in expectation of which they lived.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Letting Go, Past, Men
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.53, Publishdrive

Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Boys, World, Foolish

The progress of life shows a man the stuff of which he is made.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Men, Progress
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Friendship, Compassion, Animal
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.8, Publishdrive

Animals learn death first at the moment of death;...man approaches death with the knowledge it is closer every hour, and this creates a feeling of uncertainty over his life, even for him who forgets in the business of life that annihilation is awaiting him. It is for this reason chiefly that we have philosophy and religion.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosophy, Animal, Men

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

Arthur Schopenhauer
Mistake, Desire, Immortality

To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Fate, Two, Evil
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Counsels and maxims (illustrated)”, p.29, Full Moon Publications

Every truth passes through 3 stages before it is recognized 1)ridicule 2) opposition 3) accepted as self-evident.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Inspirational, Self, Accepted

To be shocked at how deeply rejection hurts is to ignore what acceptance involves. We must never allow our suffering to be compounded by suggestions that there is something odd in suffering so deeply. There would be something amiss if we didn't.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Hurt, Acceptance, Rejection
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.62, Publishdrive

There is a wide difference between the original thinker and the merely learned man.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Men, Differences, Thinker

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