Lichtenberg digs deeper than anyone… He speaks from the subterranean…

Lichtenberg digs deeper than anyone… He speaks from the subterranean depths. Only he who himself digs deep hears him.

Quotes about Lichtenberg

Karl Kraus

Other Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes

As the few adepts in such things well know, universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones. There is so much goodness and ingenuity in a raindrop that an apothecary wouldn’t let it go for less than half-a-crown. - View Quote Details on As the few adepts in such things well know, universal…
The fly that doesn’t want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter. - View Quote Details on The fly that doesn’t want to be swatted is most…
People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws. - View Quote Details on People often become scholars for the same reason they become…
Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial. - View Quote Details on Man is always partial and is quite right to be…
There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly. - View Quote Details on There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences…
We may use Lichtenberg’s writings as the most wonderful dowsing rod: wherever he makes a joke, there a problem lies hidden. - View Quote Details on We may use Lichtenberg’s writings as the most wonderful dowsing…
We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him. - View Quote Details on We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it…
Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficulty: elephants and poodles find many things obscure. - View Quote Details on Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something…
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. - View Quote Details on Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked…
There are two ways of extending life: firstly by moving the two points “born” and “died” farther away from one another… The other method is to go more slowly and leave the two points wherever God wills they should be, and this method is for the philosophers. - View Quote Details on There are two ways of extending life: firstly by moving…