Arthur Schopenhauer

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

"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 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"

"Life is a business that does not cover the costs."

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

"Schopenhauer at Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy"

"How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, t…"