#on

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#capable #concrete #devotes #enjoying #happiness

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#himself #long #man #only

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#boredom #both #depend #fascination #inside

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#blind #blind man #carries #his #lame

To live alone is the fate of all great souls. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#fate #great #great souls #live #souls

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#fame #honor #lost #man #means

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. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#ever #everything #face #his #interesting

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#action #chief #great #head #heart

Compassion is the basis of morality. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#compassion #morality

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots! ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#because #cards #deal #idiots #money