Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes


I cannot say whether things will get better if we change what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. Georg C. Lichtenberg change 107
With most people, unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another. Georg C. Lichtenberg Beliefs 92
Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. Georg C. Lichtenberg Society 90
I caught sight of a haze upon his face-of that mist which arises invariably from the blissful feeling that one is superior to others. Georg C. Lichtenberg Superiority 86
What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others. Georg C. Lichtenberg Nature 83
It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories. Georg C. Lichtenberg Wisdom 82
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs. Georg C. Lichtenberg Bible 81
The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism. Georg C. Lichtenberg Nature 79
Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever. Georg C. Lichtenberg Peace 78
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already. Georg C. Lichtenberg Wisdom 76
We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest. Georg C. Lichtenberg age 75
Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions. Georg C. Lichtenberg Found 73
Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age. Georg C. Lichtenberg age 69
The course of the seasons is a piece of clockwork, with a cuckoo to call when it is spring. Georg C. Lichtenberg Seasons 69
We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing. Georg C. Lichtenberg Nature 66
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together. Georg C. Lichtenberg Intelligence 66
Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams. Georg C. Lichtenberg dreams 63
Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all. Georg C. Lichtenberg Peace 62
Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle. Georg C. Lichtenberg Burning 60
When he was expected to use his mind, he felt like a right-handed person who has to do something with his left. Georg C. Lichtenberg Mind 55
It is a golden rule that one should never judge men by their opinions, but rather by what their opinions make of them. Georg C. Lichtenberg Opinions 52
The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing. Georg C. Lichtenberg Imagination 45
If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special. Georg C. Lichtenberg Bit 45
Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants and poodles find many things obscure. Georg C. Lichtenberg Difficult 42
Deliberate virtue is never worth much: The virtue of feeling or habit is the thing. Georg C. Lichtenberg Virtue 42
To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them. Georg C. Lichtenberg Faults 41
Men still have to be governed by deception. Georg C. Lichtenberg Deception 40
Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me. Georg C. Lichtenberg Nature 39
To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow. Georg C. Lichtenberg All 37
One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them. Georg C. Lichtenberg Men 35
Ambition and suspicion always go together. Georg C. Lichtenberg Ambition 35
I forget the greater part of what I read, but all the same it nourishes my mind. Georg C. Lichtenberg Reading 35
The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it. Georg C. Lichtenberg Nature 31
What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones? Georg C. Lichtenberg Experience 31
When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so. Georg C. Lichtenberg Acknowledging 24

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