Religion is the metaphysics of the masses. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Religion is the metaphysics of the masses. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect. – Arthur Schopenhauer
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. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Our destiny often looks like a fruit-tree in winter. Who would think from its pitiable aspect that those rigid boughs, those rough twigs could next spring again be green, bloom, and even bear fruit? Yet we hope it, we know it. – Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Wilhelm Meister’s Travels, translated from German