Life Quotes Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject.”

“There is only one inborn error, and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy... So long as we persist in this inborn error... the world seems to us full of contradictions. For at every step, in things great and small, we are bound to experience that the world and life are certainly not arranged for the purpose of maintaining a happy existence... hence the countenances of almost all elderly persons wear the expression of what is called disappointment.”

“The life of an individual is a constant struggle, and not merely a metaphorical one against want or boredom, but also an actual struggle against other people. He discovers adversaries everywhere, lives in continual conflict and dies with sword in hand.”

“The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.”

“They tell us that Suicide is the greatest piece of Cowardice... That Suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in this world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.”

“Whole life is a search for beauty. But, when the beauty is found inside, the search ends and a beautiful journey begins.”

“There was a moment in my life when I really wanted to kill myself. And there was one other moment when I was close to that. . . . But even in my most jaded times, I had some hope.”

““We’re running out of time, he said.”

“Somewhere between love and hate lies confusion, misunderstanding and desperate hope.”

“To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.”

“But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defensless that I couldn't do it. It was as if what I wanted to kill wasn't in that skin or the thin blue pulse that jumped under my thumb, but somewhere else, deeper, more secret, and a whole lot harder to get.”