G C Lichtenberg

G C Lichtenberg: We often have...

G C Lichtenberg: We often have...

We often have need of a profound philosophy to restore to our feelings their original state of innocence, to find our...

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G C Lichtenberg: The worst thing...

G C Lichtenberg: The worst thing...

The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have...

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G C Lichtenberg: We can see...

G C Lichtenberg: We can see...

We can see nothing whatever of the soul unless it is visible in the expression of the countenance; one might call the...

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G C Lichtenberg: To err is...

G C Lichtenberg: To err is...

To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do...

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G C Lichtenberg: What is called...

G C Lichtenberg: What is called...

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back...

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G C Lichtenberg: When a book...

G C Lichtenberg: When a book...

When a book and a head collide, and there is a hollow sound, is it always in the book?

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G C Lichtenberg: Virtue by premeditation...

G C Lichtenberg: Virtue by premeditation...

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Source: Aphorisms, Notebook H, aph. 13...

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G C Lichtenberg: What is the...

G C Lichtenberg: What is the...

What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but...

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G C Lichtenberg: We say that...

G C Lichtenberg: We say that...

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies...

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G C Lichtenberg: When an acquaintance...

G C Lichtenberg: When an acquaintance...

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me...

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G C Lichtenberg: With the majority...

G C Lichtenberg: With the majority...

With the majority of people unbelief in one thing is founded on the blind belief in...

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G C Lichtenberg: We have no...

G C Lichtenberg: We have no...

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

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G C Lichtenberg: With prophecies the...

G C Lichtenberg: With prophecies the...

With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.

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G C Lichtenberg: What most clearly...

G C Lichtenberg: What most clearly...

What most clearly characterizes true freedom and its true employment is its misemployment.

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G C Lichtenberg: With a pen...

G C Lichtenberg: With a pen...

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have...

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