Life The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it. Arthur Schopenhauer 37
Freedom Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. Arthur Schopenhauer 32
Death Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. Arthur Schopenhauer 36
Success We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as... Arthur Schopenhauer 31
Chance Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another. Arthur Schopenhauer 27
Natur Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that... Arthur Schopenhauer 35