The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Topics: Boredom Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Pain Quotes

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of...

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of...

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the...

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of...

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of...

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of...

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within...

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within...

A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.

A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.

For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite...

For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite...

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play...

It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play...

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Compassion is the basis of all morality

Compassion is the basis of all morality

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on...

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it...

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it...

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations