<i>Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will.</i> Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills. - Arthur Schopenhauer

Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.

Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will. (One can choose what to do, but not what to want.)

Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will.

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

A man who has no mental needs, because his intellect is of the narrow and normal amount, is, in the strict sense of the word, what is called a philistine.

Intellect is a magnitude of intensity, not a magnitude of extension: which is why in this respect one man can confidently take on ten thousand, and a thousand fools do not make one wise man.