"Whoever heard me assert that the grey..." - Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
Whoever heard me assert that the grey cat playing just now in the yard is the same one that did jumps and tricks there five hundred years ago will think whatever he likes of me, but it is a stranger form of madness to imagine that the present-day cat is fundamentally an entirely different one.
More by Arthur Schopenhauer
“I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.”
“The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first.”
“I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind.”
More on Identity
“I'm the type of rock star that likes to have a girlfriend, you know?”
“I learned to slip back and forth between my black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves. They were more than satisfied; they were relieved -- such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn't seem angry all the time.”
“You become most powerful in whatever you do if the action is performed for its own sake rather than as a means to protect, enhance, or conform to your role identity.”
More on Change
“Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.”
“Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.”
“When I was young, I thought I was a god. Now, I just basically work on staying humble. My priorities changed. Just to be able to try to change them - that was frightening to me.”