Author: 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.

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

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.

Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

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