339 Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg

Body and soul: a horse harnessed beside an ox.

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.

A good method of discovery is to imagine certain members of a system removed and then see how what is left would behave: for example, where would we be if iron were absent from the world: this is an old example.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14.

Above all things expand the frontiers of science: without this the rest counts for nothing.

It is a dangerous thing for the perfecting of our minds to gain applause by works that do not call forth the whole of our energies; for in that case one generally comes to a standstill.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.

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