Quotation by

Arthur Schopenhauer

It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothe

Arthur Schopenhauer

Truth

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Schopenhauer means that genuine understanding and truth come only from a person's own original ideas because those are fully grasped and alive to them. Trying to adopt someone else's thoughts is ineffective and unsatisfying, like consuming leftovers or wearing used clothes that don't truly fit.

More by this author

All quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer →

More quotes about Truth

See all →

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.