Home / Quotes / Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

“Human life must be some form of mistake.”

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Author

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer was a prominent German philosopher born on February 22, 1788, and died on September 21, 1860. He is one of the most important figures in 19th-century German philosophy and is known for his unique pessimistic philosophical ideas. more

You May Also Like

“Style is the physiognomy of the mind. It is more infallible than that of the body. To imitate the style of another is said to be wearing a mask. However beautiful it may be, it is through its lifelessness insipid and intolerable, so that even the most ugly living face is more engaging.”

Mind May Said Body Beautiful Faces Style Ugly Mask Engaging Infallible Insipid Physiognomy Wearing A Mask

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“Virtue is as little to be acquired by learning as genius; nay, the idea is barren, and is only to be employed as an instrument, in the same way as genius in respect to art. It would be as foolish to expect that our moral and ethical systems would turn out virtuous, noble, and holy beings, as that our aesthetic systems would produce poets, painters, and musicians.”

Way Littles Art Ideas Would Be Turns Moral Virtue Produce Poet Genius Holy Musician Instruments Noble Foolish Painter Ethical Aesthetic Virtuous Employed Barren

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“In Victorian times the purpose of life was to develop a personality once and for all and then stand on it.”

Purpose Personality Purpose Of Life Victorian Victorian Times

Author:Ashley Montagu

“Liquor is such a nice substitute for facing adult life.”

Nice Adults Drinking Substitutes Alcoholism Liquor

Book:In a Lonely Place

Source: In a Lonely Place

“Nobody can take away your future. Nobody can take away something you don't have yet.”

California Our Future Your Future

Author:Dorothy B. Hughes

“A savage is simply a human organism that has not received enough news from the human race.”

Humans Enough Race Civilization News Human Race Savages Organisms

Author:John Ciardi

“I want to be more like Pixie Lott. She works really hard but always manages to keep smiling. She never complains.”

Want Hard Complaining Manage Keep Smiling Just Keep Smiling Pixies

Author:Ellie Goulding

“You have to fall in love with hanging around words.”

Fall Falling In Love Hanging Around

Author:John Ciardi

“So often among so-called "primitives" one comes across spiritual personalities who immediately inspire respect, as though they were the fully matured products of an undisturbed fate.”

Spiritual Fate Inspire Products Personality Matured

Book:The Collected Works of C.G. Jung: The development of personality

Source: The Collected Works of C.G. Jung: The development of personality

“The psychiatrist knows only too well how each of us becomes the helpless but not pitiable victim of his own sentiments. Sentimentality is the superstructure erected upon brutality.”

Knows Wells Victim Sentiments Helpless Brutality Psychiatrist Sentimentality

Book:The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: The spirit in man, art, and literature

Source: The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: The spirit in man, art, and literature