In youth it is the outward aspect of things that most engages us; while in age, thought or reflection is the predominating quality of the mind. Hence… - Arthur Schopenhauer

This actual world of what is knowable, in which we are and which is in us, remains both the material and the limit of our consideration.

For the will, as that which is common to all, is for that reason also common: consequently, every vehement emergence of will is common, i.e. it demeans us to a mere exemplar of the species.

He, who on the other hand. who wants to be altogether uncommon, that is to say great, must never let a preponderant agitation of will take his consciousness altogether, however much he is urged to do so.

He must, e.g., be able to take note of the odious opinion of another without feeling his own aroused by it: indeed, there is no surer sign of greatness than ignoring hurtful or insulting expressions by attributing them without further ado, like countless other errors, to the speaker's lack of knowledge and thus merely taking note of them without feeling them.

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.