Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

'It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.'

Lichtenberg digs deeper than anyone: . He speaks from the subterranean depths. Only he who himself digs deep hears him.

I and my public understand each other very well: it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.

By an object, I mean anything that we can think, i.e. anything we can talk about.

Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.