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I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Beautiful, Prayer, Suffering

This world could not have been the work of an all-loving being, but that of a devil, who had brought creatures into existence in order to delight in the sight of their sufferings.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Sight, Order, Suffering

Human life, like all inferior goods, is covered on the outside with a false glitter; what suffers always conceals itself.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Suffering, Glitter, Human Life
Arthur Schopenhauer (1958). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.325, Courier Corporation

All wanting comes from need, therefore from lack, therefore from suffering.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Suffering, Needs
"Welt und Mensch". II, p. 230ff,

All our wanting comes from needs, thus we continiously suffer. The intellect teaches free will, free from suffering.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Suffering, Needs, Free Will

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?

Arthur Schopenhauer
Moving, Suffering, Action

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