Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

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 play of thought. On the other hand, such a course might just as well be called the greatest folly: for that which in the next moment exists no more, and vanishes utterly, like a dream, can never be worth a serious effort.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Quotes to Explore

I have selective hearing.

Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
- Hearing
- Selective
I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.

W. H. Davies
- Good
- Men
- Walk
All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!

Frances O'Grady
- Work
- Help
- Health
Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.

Lascelles Abercrombie
- Remember
- Poetry
- Tired
I'm a little bit like a turducken: I'm sort of like an Indian person, wrapped in a British person, wrapped in an American kind of thing.

Aasif Mandvi
- American
- Kind
- British
I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.

Vikram Seth
- Me
- Choose
- Settings