“The poet presents the imagination with images from life and human characters and situations, sets them all in motion and leaves it to the beholder to let these images take his thoughts as far as his mental powers will permit.”— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.comTagged: Poet, Writing, Poetry, Perception, Imagination
“The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.”— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.comTagged: Truth, Discovery, Error, Weakness, reasoning
“Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. Evening is like old age: we are languid, talkative, silly. Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every…”— Arthur Schopenhauer, amazon.comTagged: Life, Living A Good Life, Time, Value Yourself