Pessimism


The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
The Trouble With Being Born
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence
The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
The Last Messiah
A Short History of Decay
On the Heights of Despair
In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, #1)
Cosmic Pessimism (Univocal)
The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
Essays and Aphorisms
Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit
Persuasion and Rhetoric
The World as Will and Representation, Volume II
Arthur Schopenhauer
Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will. Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills.
Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms

Charles Bukowski
I wish to weep but sorrow is stupid. I wish to believe but belief is a graveyard.
Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

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