I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.
— Nietzsche (via seabois)
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.
— Arthur Schopenhauer (via philosophy-quotes)
I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (via realsushi)
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.
— Arthur Schopenhauer (via philosophy-quotes)
I found I could extinguish all human hope from my soul.
— Rimbaud, A Season In Hell (via damnfinecupoftea)
