Famous Quotes & Sayings

Baruch Spinoza

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

Baruch Spinoza

I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature

Jane Smiley

'Ape House' is an ambitious novel in several ways, for which it is to be admired, and it is certainly an easy read, but because Gruen is not quite prepared for the philosophical implications of her subject, it is not as deeply involving emotionally or as interesting thematically as it could be.

Blaise Pascal

Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes to have his admirers. Even philosophers wish for them. Those who write against vanity want to have the glory of having written well; and those who read it desire the glory of having read it. I who write this have perhaps this desire, and perhaps those who will read it.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.

Arthur Schopenhauer

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Jordan Lawley

I feel like everything after sections was just extra.