More quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

"We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness."
"Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it."
"Compassion is the basis of morality."
"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 the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person."
"One should use common words to say uncommon things"