Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
Gotthold Ephraim LessingThe search for truth is more precious than its possession.
Gotthold Ephraim LessingTags: paraphrased
The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectability is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent and proud. If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand.
Gotthold Ephraim LessingTags: inspirational truth knowledge searching
Ein Hurenhaus geriet um Mitternacht in Brand.
Schnell sprang, zum Löschen oder Retten,
Ein Dutzend Mönche von den Betten.
Wo waren die? Sie waren – – bei der Hand.
Ein Hurenhaus geriet in Brand.
Grabschrift auf einen Gehenkten
Hier ruht er, wenn der Wind nicht weht!
For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
Gotthold Ephraim LessingThere are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to lose
Gotthold Ephraim LessingTags: lose
«Vedete, così la penso io: se al bene
che vorrei fare si avvicina troppo
un grande male, allora preferisco
non fare affatto il bene. Perché il male
noi sappiamo benissimo qual è,
il bene molto meno.»
Laß uns faul in allen Sachen, nur nicht faul zu Lieb und Wein, nur nicht faul zur Faulheit sein.
Gotthold Ephraim LessingNicht die Wahrheit, in deren Besitz irgend ein Mensch ist oder zu sein vermeinet, sondern die aufrichtige Mühe, die er angewandt hat, hinter die Wahrheit zu kommen, macht den Wert des Menschen.
Gotthold Ephraim LessingTags: die-reine-wahrheit
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