Date of birth: 1788-02-22
Date of death: 1860-09-21
Quotes number: 89
Nationality: German
Profession: Philosopher
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.
A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.
Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.
