Inspiring Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg - Page 2

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"There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven"

"There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself"

"The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority"

"With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet"

"Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven"

"Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm"

"To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite"

"There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking"

"Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all"

"One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them"

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