Arthur Schopenhauer

The world is hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it.

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.

The price of glory is the loss of leisure.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Man is the only animal that causes pain to others for the mere pleasure of doing it.

Reading is merely a substitute for thought.

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

The general mistake is to suppose that we shall do something great in the future.

The only certain antidote to the fear of death is the knowledge that we are already dead.

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is lent us in life: the higher the interest, the more we have to pay.

Intellect is a magnificent instrument, if it is used correctly. Used incorrectly, it leads to disaster.

The more a man is a man, the less he is a woman.

The greatest happiness is to be born, and the least to die.

The world is not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome.

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

The brain is a parasite of the organism.

Life is a constant oscillation between the pain of wanting and the boredom of having.