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I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Inspirational, Motivational, Change

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Inspirational, Done, Asks

The fruits of philosophy are the important thing, not the philosophy itself. When we ask the time, we don't want to know how watches are made.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Inspirational, Philosophy, Important

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Inspirational, Motivational, Genius
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook K 48, 1799.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Inspirational, Peace, Thinking
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook E 11, 1799.

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Inspirational, God, Animal
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 49, 1799.

The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Inspirational, Philosophy, Philosophical
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook J 70, 1799.

Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14.

Georg C. Lichtenberg
Inspirational, Names, Feet

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