The World as Will and Representation Quotes

“But life is short, and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:lifetruthtime

“The life of every individual, if we survey it as a whole and in general, and only lay stress upon its most significant features, is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:life

“Thus its life swings like a pendulum backwards and forwards between pain and ennui.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:lifepainboredom

“Indeed without death men would scarcely philosophise.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:deathphilosophy

“It is for this reason that we find that co-existence, which could neither be in time alone, for time has no contiguity, nor in space alone, for space has no before, after, or now, is first established through matter.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

topic:timeexistence

“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:knowledgepain

“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:freedomphilosophy

“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:freedomworth

“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:heartmemory