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The most profound paragraph in all of Schopenhauer, at least to me https://t.co/mzdcrRvQhk
German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer; his essays “Wisdom of Life” and “Counsels and Maxims,” although not explicitly Stoical, have a distinctly Stoical tone.
William B. Irvine • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
thought about that which everybody sees. Arthur Schopenhauer
Mikael Krogerus • The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking (Fully Revised Edition)
True brevity of expression consists in a man only saying what is worth saying, while avoiding all diffuse explanations of things which every one can think out for himself; that is, it consists in his correctly distinguishing between what is necessary and what is superfluous.
Arthur Schopenhauer • The Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics)
Reading is a mere makeshift for original thinking. - Schopenhauer
There is some wisdom to be had in taking the gloomy view and looking upon the world as a kind of hell. Arthur Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena, 1851