Arthur Schopenhauer

A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man.

Arthur Schopenhauer

A word too much always defeats its purpose.

Arthur Schopenhauer

All our wanting comes from needs, thus we continiously suffer. The intellect teaches free will, free from suffering.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Always to see the general in the particular is the very foundation of genius.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Apart from man, no being wonders at its own experience.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Authority and example lead the world.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Arthur Schopenhauer