4 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes on Emotion

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes on emotion

8. We can see nothing whatever of the soul unless it is visible in the expression of the countenance; one might call the faces at a large assembly of people a history of the human soul written in a kind of Chinese ideograms.

57. I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

117. Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the Alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful.

136. My head lies at least a foot closer to my heart than is the case with other men: that is why I am so reasonable.