Georg C. Lichtenberg

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. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#consists #craft #employing #genius #gift

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. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#before #etc #just #libraries #new

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. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#creation #determinism #evidence #free #free will

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

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#god #man #passions #reason

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. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#bodies #did #filthy #heads #idea

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

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#ask #blessings #courage #heaven #never

Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#contribute #lack #more #nothing #opinion

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#makes #nothing #old #older #quickly

Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#make #nowadays #phrase #three #turns

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

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#cease #harm #know #once #our