There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking. - "G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg"

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.
G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

Next Quote
The most heated defenders of a science, who cannot endure the slightest sneer at it, are commonly those who have not made very much progress in it and are secretly aware of this defect.
- G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg
Previous Quote
First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.
- G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg