Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

“And then, again, the more distinctly a man knows, the more intelligent he is, the more pain he has; the man who is gifted with genius suffers most of all.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:knowledge pain

“That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:knowledge

“A man becomes a philosopher by reason of a certain perplexity, from which he seeks to free himself.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:freedom philosophy

“For as a rule a man must have worth in himself in order to recognise it and believe in it willingly and freely in others.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:freedom worth

“We might call what lies at the foundation of this process the memory of the heart; it is much more intimate than that of the head.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:heart memory

“Answering to this, all religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:heart understanding religion will

“This is why the effect of music is so much more powerful and penetrating than that of the other arts, for they speak only of shadows, but it speaks of the thing itself.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:power music art

“Everything is beautiful only so long as it does not concern us.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:beauty

“No rose without a thorn. Yes, but many a thorn without a rose.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, Studies in Pessimism

topic:beauty

“Therefore it has always been said that music is the language of feeling and of passion, as words are the language of reason.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:words reason passion music

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