Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Topics: Metaphysics Quotes, Religion Quotes

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

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...

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and...

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and...

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...

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...

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...

Man should think like few do and talk like the many others.

Man should think like few do and talk like the many others.

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...

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human...

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

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...

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...

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

One should use common words to say uncommon things.

One should use common words to say uncommon things.

It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them....

It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them....

All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error

All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error

Only 3 types of people tell the truth: Kids, the drunk and the angry.

Only 3 types of people tell the truth: Kids, the drunk and the angry.