In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the...

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the...

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art,...

Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art,...

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

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...

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

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.

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 all morality

Compassion is the basis of all morality

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept...

It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept...

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.