Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.
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I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result.
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I was in prison with the assassins of the former president of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, who was killed in 1981. Those who weren't executed in that case were given life sentences, and two of those were with me in prison.
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Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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My dad taught me to kiteboard when I was 13, and around the same time, I happened to just fall into being an extra on a set and fell in love with acting and making movies.
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Head coaching options are limited.
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We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.
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I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other.
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Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work. It's really fun for me.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it.
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His conduct still right, with his argument wrong.
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This is the last time I'm asking you this,Put my name at the top of your lips.This is the last time I'm asking you whyYou break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye.
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For, as blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
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What's more American than violence?' Hayduke wanted to know. 'Violence, it's as American as pizza pie.
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'For a long time I used to think that anal sex was how lawyers were conceived.'
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It is a very dangerous thing to know one’s friends.
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The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple evils that are interrelated.
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What is a modern poet's fate? / To write his thoughts upon a slate; / The critic spits on what is done, / Gives it a wipe - and all is gone.
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True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.
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To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.
