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.

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in...

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in...

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong;...

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong;...

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small...

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small...

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of...

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of...

Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to...

Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to...

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his...

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his...

Compassion is the basis of morality.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

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

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

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.

A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man.

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written...

If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written...

Religion which is interested only in itself, in its prestige and success, in its institutions...

Religion which is interested only in itself, in its prestige and success, in its institutions...