I had these quotes posted on Facebook a while back but decided to post them on my blog as well.
If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation, as to spare it the burden of existence? Or at any rate not take it upon himself to impose that burden upon it in cold blood.
-Arthur Schopenhauer from "Sufferings of the World" (1851)
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.
-Arthur Schopenhauer -
Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her to answer. The question is this: What change will death produce in a man's existence and in his insight into the nature of things? It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.
-Arthur Schopenhauer -
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome --to be got over.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, ''Lighthouses'' as the poet said ''erected in the sea of time.'' They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
-Albert Einstein
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.
-Albert Einstein
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
-Albert Einstein
Education is the progressive realization of our ignorance.
-Albert Einstein
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
-Albert Einstein
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
-Albert Einstein
Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count.
-Albert Einstein
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
-Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
-Albert Einstein
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury -- to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind
-Albert Einstein
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
-Albert Einstein
Technological progress is like an ax in the hands of a pathological criminal.
-Albert Einstein
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
-Albert Einstein
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
-Albert Einstein
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute -- then it's longer than any hour. That's relativity!
-Albert Einstein
If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation, as to spare it the burden of existence? Or at any rate not take it upon himself to impose that burden upon it in cold blood.
-Arthur Schopenhauer from "Sufferings of the World" (1851)
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.
-Arthur Schopenhauer -
Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her to answer. The question is this: What change will death produce in a man's existence and in his insight into the nature of things? It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.
-Arthur Schopenhauer -
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome --to be got over.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, ''Lighthouses'' as the poet said ''erected in the sea of time.'' They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print.
-Arthur Schopenhauer
All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
-Albert Einstein
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.
-Albert Einstein
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
-Albert Einstein
Education is the progressive realization of our ignorance.
-Albert Einstein
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
-Albert Einstein
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
-Albert Einstein
Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count.
-Albert Einstein
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
-Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
-Albert Einstein
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury -- to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind
-Albert Einstein
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
-Albert Einstein
Technological progress is like an ax in the hands of a pathological criminal.
-Albert Einstein
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
-Albert Einstein
To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
-Albert Einstein
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute -- then it's longer than any hour. That's relativity!
-Albert Einstein
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.