Quotes by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) — Physiker und Schriftsteller · keine · Deutschland
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) war ein deutscher Physiker, Astronom und Schriftsteller der Aufklärung, der als Professor für Experimentalphysik in Göttingen wirkte. Er gilt als Begründer des deutschsprachigen Aphorismus und wurde insbesondere durch seine in den „Sudelbüchern“ festgehaltenen scharfgeistigen Beobachtungen sowie seine Kritik an Aberglauben und religiösem Dogmatismus bekannt. Für Bibelleser regt sein methodischer Skeptizismus dazu an, überlieferte Denkmuster kritisch zu hinterfragen und den eigenen Glauben frei von Dogmatismus und blinder Gelehrsamkeit zu prüfen.
Era: Revival & the 19th Century
Recurring topics: Wisdom & Understanding, Freedom & Truth, Doubt & Hard Questions, The Bible & the Word of God, Church & Congregation, Relationships & Family, Time & Transience, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit
Quotes by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
A good memory is a good gift of God. Being able to forget is often an even better gift of God.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Whoever looks for an angel and only looks at the wings might bring a goose home.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, no apostle can look out.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
One can live well from fortune-telling, but not from telling the truth.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Use ordinary words to say extraordinary things.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
When one feels compassion, one doesn't first ask other people whether one should feel it.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
One finds instruction more often in the world than comfort.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
What good is every sunrise, if we do not get up.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Do you really believe that dear God is Catholic?
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
One should never have so much to do that there is no time left to think.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
One can do good in as many ways as one can sin, namely in thought, word, and deed.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Never undertake anything for which you don't have the heart to ask heaven's blessing.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
When a praying sister marries a praying brother, that does not always make a praying couple.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
That sermons are preached in churches does not make lightning rods on them unnecessary.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Belief in a God is instinct; it is as natural to man as walking on two legs.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
In many cases habit is a bad thing; it makes us take wrong for right and error for truth.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Nothing contributes more to peace of mind than having no opinion at all.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
The wisdom of a person can be measured by the care with which he considers the future and the end.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Truthfulness is the greatest cunning.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Our theologians insist on turning the Bible by force into a book in which there is no human reason.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
The common man mistakes the means for the end in his churchgoing and Bible reading.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Love: a trade in which both parties gain.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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