# Arthur Schopenhauer ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2026-02-10 Arthur Schopenhauer.jpg|400]] 1788-1860. ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Arthur Schopenhauer]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Arthur Schopenhauer]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[A man can be himself only so long as he is alone. And if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free]] - [[Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination. Both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other]] - [[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]] - [[Compassion is the basis of morality]] - [[It would be a good thing to buy books if one could also buy the time to read them; but one usually confuses the purchase of books with the acquisition of their contents]] - [[Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own]] - [[Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see]] - [[The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom]] - [[The wise have always said the same things. And fools, who are the majority, have always done just the opposite]] - [[To live alone is the fate of all great souls]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Arthur Schopenhauer]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #books AND [[Arthur Schopenhauer]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[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]] - [[It would be a good thing to buy books if one could also buy the time to read them; but one usually confuses the purchase of books with the acquisition of their contents]] <!-- SerializedQuery END -->