"Mostly it is loss which teaches us..." - Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.
More by Arthur Schopenhauer
“Most men are so thoroughly subjective that nothing really interests them but themselves.”
“Something of great importance now past is inferior to something of little importance now present, in that the latter is a reality, and related to the former as something to nothing.”
“The young should early be trained to bear being left alone; for it is a source of happiness and peace of mind.”
More on Loss
“And you're sorry that the ephemeral beauty has faded so rapidly, so irretrievably, that it flashed so deceptively and pointlessly before your eyes - you're sorry, for you didn't even have time to fall in love.”
“Then know, that I have little wealth to lose. A man I am, crossed with adversity; My riches are these poor habiliments, Of which if you should here disfurnish me, You take the sum and substance that I have.”
“When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd / And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night, / I mourn'd, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.”
More on Learning
“Now, there are two different attitudes towards learning from others. One is the dogmatic attitude of transplanting everything, whether or not it is suited to our conditions. This is no good. The other attitude is to use our heads and learn those things that suit our conditions, that is, to absorb whatever experience is useful to us. That is the attitude we should adopt.”
“To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.”
“The last thing I'd learn, well into my career, was how to get on, how to say hello, how to get in with the audience.”