"There is one respect in which beasts..." - Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

“The tallest oak tree once was an acorn that any pig could have swallowed.”

“Empirical sciences prosecuted purely for their own sake, and without philosophic tendency are like a face without eyes.”

“First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along.”

“Here is a hero who did nothing but shake the tree as soon as the fruit was ripe. Does this seem to be too small a thing to you? Then take a good look at the tree he shook.”

“It would be great if people never got angry at someone for doing something they've done themselves.”

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise for which we are later, in the fullness of time and understanding, very grateful for!”

“A man who whinnies with noisy laughter, surpasses all the animals in vulgarity.”

“Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool Opotamus?”

“I wanted to get a tape recorder, but I got a parrot instead. I think I did that joke backwards.”