Arthur Schopenhauer — "After your death you will be what you were before your birth."

"Monotheism is a great evil. It has caused more wars and bloodshed than any other religion."

"No rose without a thorn. But many a thorn without a rose."

"The more you leave a man to his own will, the more he will feel his own weakness."

"Optimism, where it is not merely the thoughtless chatter of fools, is not only a absurd doctrine, but also a truly wicked way of thinking, a bitter mockery of the unspeakable sufferings of humanity."

"That woman is by nature intended to obey is shown by the fact that every woman who is placed in the unnatural position of absolute independence at once attaches herself to some kind of man, by whom sh…"