Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes on Ethics
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It is almost impossible to bear the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody's beard.
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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.
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That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
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The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.
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Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.
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If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
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Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessing of heaven.
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The expression divine service should cease to be applied to church attendance and be applied instead to good deeds.