Compassion is the basis of morality. - Arthur Schopenhauer

"Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness."

"Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think."

"Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure"

"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people."

"Qualsiasi uomo notevole, chiunque cioè non appartenga a quei 5/6 dell'umanità dotati tanto miseramente dalla natura, rimarrà dopo i quarant'anni difficilmente esente da una certa traccia di misantropia."