Arthur Schopenhauer

"We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness."

"...this our world, which is so real, with all its suns and milky ways is—nothing."

"On the other hand, the cheapest form of pride is national pride; for the man affected therewith betrays a want of individual qualities of which he might be proud, since he would not otherwise resort t…"

"Consider the Koran... this wretched book was sufficient to start a world-religion, to satisfy the metaphysical need of countless millions for twelve hundred years, to become the basis of their moralit…"

"To be a philosopher, that is to say, a lover of wisdom , it is not enough for a man to love truth, in so far as it is compatible with his own interest, with the will of his superiors, with the dogmas …"

"Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors."

"In youth it is the outward aspect of things that most engages us; while in age, thought or reflection is the predominating quality of the mind. Hence, youth is the time for poetry, and age is more inc…"

"In every page of David Hume, there is more to be learned than from Hegel's, Herbart's and Schleiermacher's complete philosophical works. - vol. II, p. 582"