I am confident of my ability to demonstrate that one can sometimes believe in something and yet not believe in it. Nothing is less fathomable than the systems that motivate our actions.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergMan…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.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergTags: life past future present happiness eternity time religion
Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergThe man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergTags: intellectuals
I would give something to know for precisely whom the deeds were really done, of which it is publicly stated they were done 'for the Fatherland'.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergTags: politics liberty government
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.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergMuch reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism
Georg Christoph LichtenbergA sure sign of a good book is that you like it more the older you get.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergWhen a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?
Georg Christoph LichtenbergTags: humor intelligence books vacuity
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergTags: intelligence books mirrors
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