Vienna, Austria - 20071. “All individuation is a mere appearance, an effect of space and time, which are themselves nothing more than forms of my cerebral capacity for knowledge and the conditioning factors, consequently, of all objects of that knowledge. Accordingly, the multitude and variety of individuals, also, is merely an appearance, i.e., a mere effect of my way of perceiving. Whereas my true, my inmost being subsists in every living thing as immediately as I can know and experience it only in my own self-conscious self.”
2. “All truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Second it is violently opposed. Third it is accepted as being self-evident.”
3. ”A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.”
4. “A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.”
5. “As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.”
6. “Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.”
7. "Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents."
8. “Every 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.”
9. ”Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
10. “Every nation ridicules other nations -- and all are right.”
11. "Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world."
12. “Genius is its own reward; for the best that one is, one must necessarily be for oneself…. Further, genius consists in the working of the free intellect…, and as a consequence …the productions of genius serve no useful purpose. The work of genius may be music, philosophy, painting, or poetry; it is nothing for use or profit. To be useless and unprofitable is one of the characteristics of genius; it is their patent of nobility.”
13. “Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.”
14. "Himself is the source of the best and most a man can be or achieve. The more this is so - the more a man finds his sources of pleasure in himself -- the happier he will be. For all other sources of happiness are in their nature most uncertain."
15. “Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.”
16. “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.”
17. "Intellect is invisible to the man who has none."
18. “In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.”
19. “It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.”
20. “Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes his heart entirely to money.”
21. “Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.”
22. “Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.”
23. “Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.”
24. “Pride is an established conviction of one's own paramount worth in some particular respect; while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in
others. Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.”
25. “The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.”
26. “The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.”
27. “The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.”
28. "There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."
29. “There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome- to be got over.”
30. “The truth is that the value we set upon the opinion of others, and our constant endeavour in respect of it, are each quite out of proportion to any result we
may reasonably hope to attain; so this attention to other people's attitude may be reagarded as a kind of universal mania whih everyone inherits. In all we do, almost the first thing we think about is: What will people say; and nearly half of the troubles and bothers of life may be traced to our anxiety on this score; it is the anxiety which is at the bottom of all that feeling of self-importance, which is so often mortified because it is so morbidly sensistive.”
31. “This pulling out of the imagination which I am recommending, will also forbid us to summon up the memory of past misfortune, to paint a dark picture of the injustice or harm that has been done us, the losses we have sustained, the insults, slights and annoyances to which we have been exposed, for to do that is to arouse fresh life into all those hateful passions long laid asleep -- the anger and resentment which disturb and pollute our nature."
32. “To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.”
2. “All truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Second it is violently opposed. Third it is accepted as being self-evident.”
3. ”A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.”
4. “A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.”
5. “As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.”
6. “Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.”
7. "Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents."
8. “Every 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.”
9. ”Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
10. “Every nation ridicules other nations -- and all are right.”
11. "Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world."
12. “Genius is its own reward; for the best that one is, one must necessarily be for oneself…. Further, genius consists in the working of the free intellect…, and as a consequence …the productions of genius serve no useful purpose. The work of genius may be music, philosophy, painting, or poetry; it is nothing for use or profit. To be useless and unprofitable is one of the characteristics of genius; it is their patent of nobility.”
13. “Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.”
14. "Himself is the source of the best and most a man can be or achieve. The more this is so - the more a man finds his sources of pleasure in himself -- the happier he will be. For all other sources of happiness are in their nature most uncertain."
15. “Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.”
16. “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.”
17. "Intellect is invisible to the man who has none."
18. “In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.”
19. “It is with trifles and when he is off guard that a man best reveals his character.”
20. “Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes his heart entirely to money.”
21. “Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.”
22. “Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.”
23. “Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.”
24. “Pride is an established conviction of one's own paramount worth in some particular respect; while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in
others. Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.”
25. “The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.”
26. “The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.”
27. “The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.”
28. "There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."
29. “There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome- to be got over.”
30. “The truth is that the value we set upon the opinion of others, and our constant endeavour in respect of it, are each quite out of proportion to any result we
may reasonably hope to attain; so this attention to other people's attitude may be reagarded as a kind of universal mania whih everyone inherits. In all we do, almost the first thing we think about is: What will people say; and nearly half of the troubles and bothers of life may be traced to our anxiety on this score; it is the anxiety which is at the bottom of all that feeling of self-importance, which is so often mortified because it is so morbidly sensistive.”
31. “This pulling out of the imagination which I am recommending, will also forbid us to summon up the memory of past misfortune, to paint a dark picture of the injustice or harm that has been done us, the losses we have sustained, the insults, slights and annoyances to which we have been exposed, for to do that is to arouse fresh life into all those hateful passions long laid asleep -- the anger and resentment which disturb and pollute our nature."
32. “To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.”
