philosopher, yet a great number of readers value his saying that life's misery and its appetites have no end. Happiness, in his view, is not to be found in joy, which is nothing but the momentary satisfaction of appetite; for a man to attain happiness he must renounce all his appetites, arriving at something resembling Buddhism.
This idea that Schopenhauer proposes may not be a true foundation for happiness; yet the thirst for self-denial does work upon the decisions of the ambitious, and may bring them down from the seats of their success.
Many women seek a life of quiet and settledness in the family after strong draughts of life's clamor and glitter; and in this they show they know that the warmth and heat the sun bestows are not to be found in artificial lights — just as many prominent actresses leave fame behind and hasten to settle down at the side of an unassuming husband.
Only a minority of people are content with their present and their work; even the most important industrialists and officials feel this, and lose their drive and their enthusiasm for going on in life. I heard of a man who became the owner of a huge store after leaving the university, but who felt an inner ambition pushing him in another direction: he loved conducting, and wished to become the leader of some
band. And in fact he became the conductor of a musical band; he left the store and followed the fame he had won without great toil — and it is certain that he does not regret what he did.
Many have refused the familiar
kind of success, for all manner of ends. So we have the right to ask ourselves: what, then, is true success? Is it money, or power and dominion? Or is it something unnamed, and greater than the two together? ...
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