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Arthur Schopenhauer



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Everything that is fundamental in a man, and therefore genuine, works, as such, unconsciously; in this respect like the power of nature. ...Accordiingly, any quality of mind or character that is genuine or lasting, is originally unconscious; and it is only when unconsciouly brought into play that it makes a profound impression. ...If a man does a thing unconsciously, it costs him no trouble, but if he tries to do it by taking trouble, he fails. T...
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Arthur Schopenhauer

Everything that is fundamental in a man, and therefore genuine, works, as such, unconsciously; in this respect like the power of nature. ...Accordiingly, any quality of mind or character that is genuine or lasting, is originally unconscious; and it is only when unconsciouly brought into play that it makes a profound impression. ...If a man does a thing unconsciously, it costs him no trouble, but if he tries to do it by taking trouble, he fails. T...
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Leisure, that is, the time one has for the free enjoyment of one's consciousness or individuality, is the fruit or produce of the rest of existence, which is in general only labor and effort.

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Pleasure is only the negative of pain, and pain is the positive element in life. ...The satisfaction of the will consists in nothing else than that it meets with no resistance. ... that which checks or arrests the will (pain, frustrated aims) is something positive; it proclaims its own presence. All pleasure consists in merely removing this check-- in other words, in freeing us from its action; and hence pleasure is a state which can never last v...
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The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind... and the pleasures of the mind turn chiefly on the powers of the mind.

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Arthur Schopenhauer

The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind... and the pleasures of the mind turn chiefly on the powers of the mind.

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