339 Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg

Honest unaffected distrust of human abilities under all circumstances is the surest sign of strength of mind.

Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this we can see how useful it is to employ reason in seeking out the laws of taste.

Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me.

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

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.

A book is a mirror: when a monkey in, no apostle can look out.