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Mind Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg
- Many intelligent people, when about to write . . . , force on their minds a certain notion about style, just as they screw up…
- We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever as they are.
- What we have to discover for ourselves leaves behind in our mind a pathway that can be used on another occasion.
- What you have been obliged to discover by yourself leaves a path in your mind which you can use again when the need arises.
- It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would…
- I forget the greater part of what I read, but all the same it nourishes my mind.
- If this is philosophy it is at any rate a philosophy that is not in its right mind.
- Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.
- The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
- 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…
- The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.
- Honest unaffected distrust of human abilities under all circumstances is the surest sign of strength of mind.
- I forget most of what I read, just as I do most of what I have eaten, but I know that both contribute no less…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
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- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle