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Read & copy the quotation
“The only thing that stands in our power to achieve, is to make the most advantageous use possible of the personal qualities we possess”
- Source
- The Wisdom of Life
- Date
- 1851
- English wording
- T. Bailey Saunders — Translator · from German
Meaning of “The only thing that stands in our power…”
Within his restrictive view of personality, Schopenhauer still assigns agency to choosing pursuits that use and develop one’s actual capacities rather than leaving them idle or mismatched.
Where does it come from?
The Wisdom of Life, T. Bailey Saunders translation; Project Gutenberg #10741. The following clause recommends pursuits suited to the development of one’s capacities.
