Will World Music Thought Ethics 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
Life There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Mankind The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Rights World In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Death Rest Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Death Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Work In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. - Arthur Schopenhauer
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
The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you. - Francois Rabelais