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

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

Arthur Schopenhauer
Inspirational, Life, Beautiful
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.2, Publishdrive

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Wisdom, Philosophical

The tallest oak tree once was an acorn that any pig could have swallowed.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Pigs, Tree

There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Happiness, Mistake
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims”, p.35, Arthur Schopenhauer

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Good Morning, Death
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Taken, Ideas
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.84, 谷月社

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Motivational, Being Strong

Consciousness is the mere surface of our minds, of which, as of the earth, we do not know the inside, but only the crust.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Mind, Earth
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]”, p.438, Kshetra Books

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

Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Philosophy, Long
Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3)”, p.10, Kshetra Books

Human life must be some form of mistake.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Mistake, Form

The scenes of our life are like pictures done in rough mosaic. Looked at close, they produce no effect. There is nothing beautiful to be found in them, unless you stand some distance off.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Beautiful, Distance
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism”, p.33, Arthur Schopenhauer

A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Journey, Religion
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.318, Simon and Schuster

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Success, Time

It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big. It is an indivisible point, drawn out and magnified by the powerful lenses of Time and Space.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Powerful, Space
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Studies in Pessimism (illustrated)”, p.22, Full Moon Publications

Life is a task to be done. It is a fine thing to say defunctus est; it means that the man has done his task.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Mean, Men
Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays”, Cosimo, Inc.

Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Eye, Equality

Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Life, Morning, Looks
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Counsels and Maxims: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.34, 谷月社

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