Accepted Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the…

— Anonymous

All truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition, and in…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

There are three stages in the revelation of truth. The first is to be ridiculed, the second is to be resisted and the third…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. Facts are stubborn,…

— Helen Keller

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” — Arthur…

— Summer McStravick

Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

— Anonymous

“To begin with clear and self-evident principles, to advance by timorous and sure steps, to review frequently our conclusions, and examine accurately all their…

— David Hume

To be made evident, truth must be sought for; for of itself it is slow to appear, and between ourselves and God the obstacles…

— George Sand

The slow, the never ending approach to truth consists in perpetually forming and testing hypotheses, accepting those at which at the time seem to…

— James G. Frazer

There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth ... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and the concealment…

— Roger Bacon