“ Diogenes, filthily attired, paced across the splendid carpets in Plato's dwelling. Thus, said he, do I trample on the pride of Plato. Yes, Plato replied, but only with another kind of pride. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ It is too bad if you have to do everything upon reflection and can't do anything from early habit. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ I am confident of my ability to demonstrate that one can sometimes believe in something and yet not believe in it. Nothing is less fathomable than the systems that motivate our actions. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ What I do not like about our definitions of genius is that there is in them nothing of the day of judgment, nothing of resounding through eternity and nothing of the footsteps of the Almighty. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers we outgrow acquaintances libraries principles etc. at times before they're worn out and times-and this is the worst of all-before we have new ones. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ There is no mistaking a good book when one meets it. It is like falling in love. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ One's first step in wisdom is to question everything one's last is to come to terms with everything. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ When they have discovered truth in nature they fling it into a book, where it is even worse hands. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ I would give something to know for precisely whom the deeds were really done, of which it is publicly stated they were done 'for the Fatherland'. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
“ It is almost impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody's beard. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
