The art of being happy

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) is known for his pessimism. Everything in the world is permeated with anxiety and uncertainty, and the fate of man is filled with disappointment. Time ruthlessly melts any hope. It is important to recognize this inevitability. It should dutifully take painful pressure, renounce your own egoism, relate to others to learn to enjoy life. The great skeptic gives many recommendations for gaining real joy.
The compiler of the book, the Italian historian of philosophy Franco Volpi (1952-2009), collected the most striking statements by Schopenhauer on the topic of happiness from published and manuscript sources.
Fifty rules of the German philosopher taught how, avoiding illusions, to boldly and impassively look into the eyes of the present. The past invariably, the future deceiving. Only here and now, thanks to self -control, can one find the desired and hardly found happiness