Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation, wherein he characterizes the phenomenal world as the product of a blind and insatiable metaphysical will.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

- Arthur SchopenhauerGenius, Talent

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

- Arthur SchopenhauerIntelligence, Solitude & Being Alone

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

- Arthur SchopenhauerPain, Boredom

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

- Arthur Schopenhauer