"We must set limits to our wishes,..." - Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
We must set limits to our wishes, curb our desires, moderate our anger, always remembering that an individual can attain only an infinitesimal share in anything that is worth having; and that on the other hand, everyone must incur many of the ills of life
More by Arthur Schopenhauer
“A writer should never be brief at the expense of being clear.”
“One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind. In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.”
“Wir tappen im Labyrinth unsers Lebenswandels und im Dunkel unserer Forschungen umher: helleAugenblicke erleuchten dabei wie Blitze unsernWeg. We grope about in the labyrinth of our life and in the obscurity of our investigations; bright moments illuminate our path like flashes of lightning.”
More on Self Control
“Women can more easily conquer their passion than their coquetterie.”
“Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objectives in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.”
“Let necessity, and not your will, slay the enemy who fights against you.”
More on Desire
“Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless eagerness. Love is strongest in pursuit; friendship in possession.”
“There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.”
“O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world.”