In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods. – 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
There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity. – Arthur Schopenhauer
The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost. – Arthur Schopenhauer