“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“God creates the animals man creates himself.”
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“Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg“Too much is unwholesome.”
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“The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.”
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“Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg“Don't judge a man by his opinions, but what his opinions have made of him.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg