"Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life." ― Arthur Schopenhauer Topic(s): Freedom Tags: consists, freedom, satisfaction More From Arthur Schopenhauer "Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour." "Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax." "The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom." More In Freedom "Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends."― John Stuart Mill "China has to go along with world trends. That’s democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward."― Dalai Lama "I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other."― Chris Patten