Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

A man of correct insight among those who are duped and deluded resembles one whose watch is right while all the clocks in the town give the wrong time.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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• If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.

  

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• Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct.

  

  Albert Einstein
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• How loud clocks can tick when a room is empty, and one is alone!

  

  Amy Lowell
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• If one has made a mistake, and fails to correct it, one has made a greater mistake.

  

  Plato
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• Because it is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.

  

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• At present every coachman and every waiter argues about whether or not the relativity theory is correct.

  

  Albert Einstein
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• If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

  

  Confucius
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• If I were travelling with two partners, one virtuous and one dishonest, both would be useful as teachers. I would perceive what's good of the first one and I would imitate him whereas I would try to correct in me the defects I may see in the second one.

  

  Confucius
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• Knowing what's correct and not doing it, it's the worst cowardice.

  

  Confucius
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• If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.

  

  Confucius
  • Man
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• It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard flesh-food as necessary at any stage.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Mind
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• It is not a mistake to commit a mistake, for no one commits a mistake knowing it to be one. But it is a mistake not to correct the mistake after knowing it to be one. If you are afraid of committing a mistake, you are afraid of doing anything at all. You will correct your mistakes whenever you find them.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
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• Obama is correct in saying that the world is ready for someone like him ... a messiah-like figure, charismatic and glib ... The Bible calls that leader the Antichrist. And it seems apparent that the world is now ready to make his acquaintance.

  

  Hal Lindsey
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• Every nation criticizes every other one - and they are all correct.

  

  Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Nation
  • Correct
  • Criticize

• Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

  

  William Faulkner
  • Life
  • Time
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• Unfortunately, the general interest in art among the Japanese is very low compared to that of Western countries. I would love to be able to correct that by bringing many more pieces of interesting artwork to Japan.

  

  Yusaku Maezawa
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• Whatever you believe, you will find that you are correct. The Universe has a way of presenting to you exactly what you believe.

  

  Anita Moorjani
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• The sun, moon, stars, firmament, the sea and the earth have their fixed course, and if ever they do diverge from their regular course, they always correct themselves again; may Cortes, in his love of power, take this as a precept.

  

  Bernal Díaz del Castillo
  • Earth
  • Correct
  • Love Of Power

• There is simply no room left for 'freedom from the tyranny of government' since city dwellers depend on it for food, power, water, transportation, protection, and welfare. Your right to live where you want, with companions of your choosing, under laws to which you agree, died in the eighteenth century with Captain Mission. Only a miracle or a disaster could restore it.

  

  William S. Burroughs
  • Water
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• I was an underground rapper and only 16 years old, a freshman at high school. Bang thought I had potential as a rapper and lyricist, and we went from there. Then Suga joined us.

  

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• Our profession is built on the bedrock of trust - the trust that must inherently exist among Soldiers, and between Soldiers and their leaders to accomplish their mission in the chaos of war. Recent incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment demonstrate that we have violated that trust.

  

  Raymond T. Odierno
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• A man of correct insight among those who are duped and deluded resembles one whose watch is right while all the clocks in the town give the wrong time.

  

  Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Correct
  • Clocks
  • Wrong Time