Quotes by Schopenhauer, Arthur

The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for >>

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you hav >>

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossib >>

Quotations about Knowledge

Some people drink deeply from the fountain of knowledge. Others just g >>

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession >>

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination. >>

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.

Schopenhauer, Arthur