"Every possession and every happiness is but..." - Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

“As the strata of the earth preserve in succession the living creatures of past epochs, so the shelves of libraries preserve in succession the errors of the past and their expositions, which like the former were very lively and made a great commotion in their own age but now stand petrified and stiff in a place where only the literary palaeontologist regards them.”

“Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of existence.”

“Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact.”

“Novelty is to love like bloom to fruit; it gives a luster which is easily effaced, but never returns.”

“Our lives ... are but a little while, so let them run as sweetly as you can, and give no thought to grief from day to day. For time is not concerned to keep our hopes, but hurries on its business, and is gone.”

“Nothing 'gainst Times scythe can make defence.”

“We don't have to wait for something nice to happen to us, we can be aggressive and do something nice for ourselves.”

“In all I wish, how happy should I be,Thou grand Deluder, were it not for thee?So weak thou art that fools thy power despise;And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise.”

“Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.”