Occupation: Philosopher Birth: February 22, 1788 Death: September 21, 1860
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him..
In reading, the mind is, in fact, only the playground of another's thoughts..
All religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding..
Money alone is absolutely good, because it is not only a concrete satisfaction of one need in particular; it is an abstract satisfaction of all..
People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom..
Every nation criticizes every other one - and they are all correct..
What people commonly call Fate is, as a general rule, nothing but their own stupid and foolish conduct..
Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, "Lighthouses" as the ….
Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you do….
All our wanting comes from needs, thus we continiously suffer. The intellect teaches free will, free from suffering..
If God made the world, I would not be that God, for the misery of the world would break my heart..
The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience..
We can do what we wish, but we can only wish what we must..
To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man….
Nothing in life gives a man so much courage as the attainment or renewal of the conviction that other people regard him with favor; because it means ….
Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is pai….
What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity..
Students and scholars of all kinds and of every age aim, as a rule, only at information, not insight. They make it a point of honour to have informat….
It is only the hope of what is claimed that begets and nurishes the wish..
The heavy armor becomes the light dress of childhood; the pain is brief, the joy unending..
The greatest wisdom is to make the enjoyment of the present the supreme object of life; because that is the only reality, all else being merely the p….