344 Quotes by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Man…who lives in three places – in the past, in the present, and in the future – can be unhappy if one of these three is worthless. Religion has even added a fourth – eternity.

Many are less fortunate than you’ may not be a roof to live under, but it will serve to retire beneath in the event of a shower.

Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.

Când ai de facut o lucrare, nu te gândi mereu la întregimea ei; executa fragmentul pe care-l ai în fata, si când ai terminat cu el, mergi mai departe

Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?