Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
ChallengeOvercomingPerseverance There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.
DiscoveryJourney of KnowledgeUnexpected ValueUnintended Benefits The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.
BodyBrainDependenceRelationship The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.
Curiosity Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.
EmotionInfluenceRelationshipSocial Interactions Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.
DesireEmptinessFulfillmentHuman NatureMaterialism Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
AccuracyHistoryJournalismMedia Critique Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.
ComplexityPerceptionTeachingTruth The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.
Delayed GratificationGainPain AvoidanceSacrificeSelf-Control It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.
CommunicationReactivitySensitivitySurface Level Analysis Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.
Academic FreedomEducationPatriotism Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.
FollyGamblingIntellectMaterialism Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!
EmpathyPerspectiveSuccessValidation We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.
AbsurdityDominionPerversityThoughtTransience In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.
StrengthVisionWillpower Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.
AuthenticityModestyTalent With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Autonomy of LifeIndividual RightsSuicide They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.
CreativityHuman PotentialInnovationResistanceSkepticism The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.
BalanceEquilibriumPatiencePerspectiveSelf-Discovery Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.
CourageFameGreatnessMartyrdomSacrifice Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Belief FormationChildhoodIndoctrinationRepetition 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.
AppearanceConsequenceEffortInner Self Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.