It is difficult to find happiness within... by Arthur Schopenhauer | We Heart Quotes

Will Music Ethics philosopher Compassion

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Other quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

Man

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Friends Success

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.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Morality

Compassion is the basis of morality.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Fate

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Fame Man

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

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