Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes incr

Summary

This quote highlights the relationship between intelligence and the ability to experience suffering. It suggests that as intelligence increases, so does the capacity for pain. According to the quote, it is only individuals with a high degree of intelligence who can reach the apex of suffering. This highlights the idea that those with greater intelligence might be more aware of the complexities and nuances of life, leading to a deeper understanding and experience of pain.

Topics

Intelligence

By Arthur Schopenhauer

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the cu

I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer.

Dennis Kucinich

Health

When you're CEO, you have to have two conditions: first, sha

When you're CEO, you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Action(s)

Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under const

Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace.

Acting Actors

I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not ha

I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.

Faith

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Voltaire (FranÃ§oisMarie Arouet)

Doubt

Hunger is the handmaid of genius

Hunger is the handmaid of genius

Genius Hunger

Words form the thread on which we string our experiences.

Words form the thread on which we string our experiences.

Words

Don't look for society to give you permission to be yourself

Don't look for society to give you permission to be yourself.

Life Society Be Yourself Permission

I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the i

I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.

Intelligence

How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from

How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry.

Poetry

After all, science is essentially international, and it is o

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

Science