7 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes on Faith

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes on faith

108. First we have to believe, and then we believe.

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111. There were honest people long before there were Christians and there are, God be praised, still honest people where there are no Christians. It could therefore easily be possible that people are Christians because true Christianity corresponds to what they would have been even if Christianity did not exist.

138. Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessing of heaven.

149. The expression divine service should cease to be applied to church attendance and be applied instead to good deeds.

154. The preaching in the churches does not make the lightning rods on them unnecessary.

155. Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense.

158. There is a great difference between still believing something and again believing it.