Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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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 that everyone joins to give him help and protection, which is an infinitely stronger bulwark against the ills of life than anything he can do himself.

Arthur Schopenhauer's Popular Quotes

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he…

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack. Therefore, rather than grateful, we are bitter.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

You are free to do what you want, but you are not free to want what you want.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.

- Arthur Schopenhauer