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Arthur Schopenhauer quotes about happy

Deutsch Philosopher February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860

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What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Deceptive images of a vague happiness hover before us in our dreams, and we search in vain for their original. Much would have been gained if, through timely advice and instruction, young people could have had eradicated from their minds the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer them. Arthur Schopenhauer
In our early youth we sit before the life that lies ahead of us like children sitting before the curtain in a theatre, in happy and tense anticipation of whatever is going to appear. Luckily we do not know what really will appear. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other..."
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness. Arthur Schopenhauer
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom."
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. Arthur Schopenhauer
Money is human happiness in the abstract; and so the man who is no longer capable of enjoying such happiness in the concrete, sets his whole heart on money. Arthur Schopenhauer
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
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Other people's heads are too wretched a place for true..."
Other people's heads are too wretched a place for true happiness to have its seat. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to..."
The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy. Arthur Schopenhauer
Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure"
Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what..."
What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has or how he is regarded by others. Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer quote: "It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is..."
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else. Arthur Schopenhauer

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