There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Topics: Childhood Quotes

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

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...

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by...

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

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...

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

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

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

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

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

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and...

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...

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something...

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something...

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that...

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that...

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

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

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...

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and...

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and...

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...

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

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.

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...