“Hence we get the strange fact that everyone considers himself to be a priori quite free, even in his individual actions, and imagines he can at any moment enter upon a different way of life, which is equivalent to saying that he can become a different person. But a posteriori through experience, he finds to his that he is not free, but liable to necessity; that notwithstanding all his resolutions and reflections he does not change his conduct, and that from the beginning to the end of his life he must bear the same character that he himself condemns, and, as it were, must play to the end the part he has taken upon himself.”
Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
Work
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
Browse quotes and source details for this work. more
Author
You May Also Like
Source: Ideias Concretas sobre Vagas
Source: It
“In the desire to control others, we lose control over ourselves.”
Source: Quantraz
“When human feelings collide, emotions cultivate their distinctive sensitivities.”
Source: Safa Tempo: Poems New & Selected
Source: Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
Source: Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence
“Good, gentle civility and loving self-discipline are essential.”
Source: Little Weirds
“Don't put too much faith in the strength that comes from pleasure.”
Source: Porus : In the Shadow of Betrayals
