Quotes by Schopenhauer, Arthur

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capa >>

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel >>

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pen >>

Quotations about Selfishness

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. >>

Know the Self as Lord of the chariot, the body as the chariot itself, >>

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes. I had one thousand and s >>

If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

Schopenhauer, Arthur