The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Flies Copy Share Image
Doubt everything at least once, even the sentence "Two times two is four." — Georg C. Lichtenberg Doubt Copy Share Image
He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Gone Copy Share Image
Perhaps pure reason without heart would never have thought of God. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Heart Copy Share Image
The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Destiny Copy Share Image
The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Columbus Copy Share Image
Nowadays beautiful women are counted among the talents of their husbands. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Beautiful Copy Share Image
There is a great difference between believing in something and believing in it again. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Believe Copy Share Image
He who says he hates all kinds of flattery, and says so in earnest, has undoubtedly not as yet become acquainted with… — Georg C. Lichtenberg All kinds Copy Share Image
All mathematical laws which we find in Nature are always suspect to me, in spite of their beauty. They give me no… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Beauty Copy Share Image
We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Position Copy Share Image
The great rule: If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Bits Copy Share Image
Pain warns us not to exert our limbs to the point of breaking them. How much knowledge would we not need to… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Exercise Copy Share Image
The greatest things in the world are brought about by other things which we count as nothing: little causes we overlook but… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Causes Copy Share Image
The motives that lead us to do anything might be arranged like the thirty-two winds and might be given names on the… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Bread Copy Share Image
It is a question whether, when we break a murderer on the wheel, we do not fall into the error a child… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Break Copy Share Image
If we make a couple of discoveries here and there we need not believe things will go on like this for ever.… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Believe Copy Share Image
One of the greatest and also the commonest of faults is for men to believe that, because they never hear their shortcomings… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Believe Copy Share Image
We often have need of a profound philosophy to restore to our feelings their original state of innocence, to find our way… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Aliens Copy Share Image
In mathematical analysis we call x the undetermined part of line a: the rest we don't call y, as we do in… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Advantage Copy Share Image
The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking.… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Chance Copy Share Image
There are many who believe that 'Marriage is not a word - it is a sentence!' Whether you are indeed 'married' or… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Believe Copy Share Image
There is no more important rule of conduct in the world than this: attach yourself as much as you can to people… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Conduct Copy Share Image
To live when you do not want to is dreadful, but it would be even more terrible to be immortal when you… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Burden Copy Share Image
Do not say hypothesis, and even less theory: say way of thinking. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Hypothesis Copy Share Image
Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Growing Copy Share Image
