Die Gegenwart eines Gedankens ist wie die Gegenwart einer Geliebten. - Arthur Schopenhauer

It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.

When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public.

All striving comes from lack, from a dissatisfaction with one's condition, and is thus suffering as long as it is not satisfied; but no satisfaction is lasting; instead, it is only the beginning of a new striving. We see striving everywhere inhibited in many ways, struggling everywhere; and thus always suffering; there is no final goal of striving, and therefore no bounds or end to suffering.