Arthur Schopenhauer quote: Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest ...

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

~ Arthur Schopenhauer ~

Photo by Bri Schneiter

Photo by Pixabay

Photo by Ákos Szabó

Photo by Pixabay

Photo by Lisa from Pexels

Photo by Pixabay

Photo by Tobi

Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only ...

Picture of Arthur Schopenhauer — Arthur Schopenhauer

More Arthur Schopenhauer quotes

"
That the Negroes were enslaved more than other races, and on a large scale, is evidently a result of their being, in contrast to other races, inferior...

"
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

"
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

"
One simple test of the claim that the pleasure in the world outweighs the pain…is to compare the feelings of an animal that is devouring another with ...

"
I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefo...

"
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.