10 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes on Reason

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg quotes on reason

3. It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.

11. He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the case of poets reason and passion begin to discuss a peace treaty and usually conclude it not very long afterwards.

37. A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

45. Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this we can see how useful it is to employ reason in seeking out the laws of taste.

96. Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.

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.

126. First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.

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.

142. One of the strangest applications of reason is to believe that it is a masterpiece to abstain from using it and thus, born with wings, to cut them off.

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