Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes

To read means to borrow; to create out of one's readings is paying off one's debts. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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 Christoph Lichtenberg

Those who never have time do least. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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