52 Quotes by Johann Georg Hamann

When I rest my feet my mind also ceases to function.

A thirsty ambition for truth and virtue, and a frenzy to conquer all lies and vices which are not recognized as such nor desire to be; herein consists the heroic spirit of the philosopher.

The philosophers have always given truth a bill of divorce, by separating what nature has joined together and vice versa.

Self knowledge begins with the neighbor, the mirror, and just the same with true self-love; that goes from the mirror to the matter

Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him

I look upon logical proofs the way a well-bred girl looks upon a love letter

What Tarquin the Proud said in his garden with the poppy blooms was understood by the son but not by the messenger.

What for others is style, for me is soul.

Lies, fables and romances must needs be probable, but not the truth and foundation of our faith.