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G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "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."

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.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit."

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.




G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together."

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "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 exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.




G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity."

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way."

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads."

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.




G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts."

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm."

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



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "He who understands the wise is wise already."

He who understands the wise is wise already.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it."

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle."

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.




G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will."

Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum."

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists."

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything."

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous."

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age."

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted."

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "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 ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better."

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight."

Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special."

The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press."

If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child makes when it hits the chair it has bumped into."

It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child makes when it hits the chair it has bumped into.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the case of poets reason and passion begin to discuss a peace treaty and usually conclude it not very long afterwards."

He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the case of poets reason and passion begin to discuss a peace treaty and usually conclude it not very long afterwards.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams."

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me."

Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too."

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments."

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears...as easily as we open and shut our eyes."

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears...as easily as we open and shut our eyes.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Delicacy in woman is strength."

Delicacy in woman is strength.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already."

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14."

Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?"

Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones."

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Man is a masterpiece of creation . . ."

Man is a masterpiece of creation . . .



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards."

If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Nothing puts a greater obstacle in the way of the progress of knowledge than thinking that one knows what one does not yet know."

Nothing puts a greater obstacle in the way of the progress of knowledge than thinking that one knows what one does not yet know.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoiter the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox will eventually occupy."

Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoiter the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox will eventually occupy.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve."

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions."

Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least."

People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "Men still have to be governed by deception."

Men still have to be governed by deception.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation."

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle."

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger."

If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible."

There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible.



G. C. Lichtenberg Quotes: "He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals."

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.