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

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh...

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh...

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...

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

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

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is...

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is...

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.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the...

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the...

Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of...

Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of...

Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost.

Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost.

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...

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

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.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

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...

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present...

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present...

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.

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...

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...

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.

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.