Arthur Schopenhauer: the teaching of my philosophy... that our whole existence is something which had better not have been, and that to disow

the teaching of my philosophy... that our whole existence is something which had — Arthur Schopenhauer

the teaching of my philosophy... that our whole existence is something which had better not have been, and that to disown and disclaim it is the highest wisdom.

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Wirklich ist jedes Kind gewissermaßen ein Genie, und jedes Genie gewissermaßen e — Arthur Schopenhauer
Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an in — Arthur Schopenhauer
Every parting gives a foretaste of death ; every coming together again a foretas — Arthur Schopenhauer
Rascals are always sociable — more’s the pity! and the chief sign that a man has — Arthur Schopenhauer
Aristotle is the last Greek philosopher who faces the world cheerfully ; after h — Aristotle
...aesthetischen Sokratismus...dessen oberstes Gesetz ungefähr so lautet: "alles — Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche was the first to release the desire to know from the sovereignty of kn — Friedrich Nietzsche
Spinoza is the Christ of philosophers, and the greatest philosophers are hardly — Benedictus de Spinoza
Give all to love; Obey thy heart; Friends, kindred, days, Estate, good fame, Pla — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember this, then, that this little compound, thyself, must either be dissolve — Marcus Aurelius
And in Life's noisiest hour, There whispers still the ceaseless Love of Thee, Th — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
For my boyhood's friend hath fallen, the pillar of my trust, The true, the wise, — George Stillman Hillard