Arthur Schopenhauer on Wisdom Quotes

"Treat the present moment as the only reality worth engaging with absolute focus"

"The wise man will, in his observations, be careful not to mistake the means for the end."

"The Stoic recognizes that the world is a stage, and he plays his part without becoming attached to the role."

"The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom mastery conquers both"

"The Stoic sage does not seek pleasure; he only seeks the absence of pain."

"Silence is the sanctuary where the mind sharpens its edge against the world"

"The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it."

"The highest wisdom is to make the enjoyment of the present the supreme object of life."

"The fundamental error of mankind is the belief that we are here to be happy."

"Authority is not given it is assumed by the one with the strongest will"

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

"To be extraordinary is to be misunderstood by the ordinary"

"Only through the suppression of base desires can the clear light of wisdom emerge"

"Most men are not worth your anger view them as curious phenomena of nature"

"Stoic ethics is an attempt to use the great advantage of reason, namely its power of grasping things as a whole, to help us to a life free from pain."

"Seneca is the most excellent guide for those who wish to understand how to bear the burdens of life with dignity."

"The true Stoic is one who has realized that the will is the source of all suffering and has sought to quiet it through reason."

"The Stoic sage is the personification of the ideal of human reason, representing the highest point to which man can attain by the mere use of his faculty of reason."

"Stoicism is the highest point to which man can attain by the mere use of his faculty of reason, yet it falls short of true salvation."

"Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world"

"To be free from the bondage of the Will, one must first adopt the Stoic's detachment from the fruits of action."

"Every person takes the limits of their own understanding for the limits of reality."

"Truth is no courtesan who throws her arms round the neck of him who may not desire her."

"To be alone is the fate of all great minds."