"Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

"Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

"In the absence of huge suffering, the smallest inconveniences torture us." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

"I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer