Best Quotes by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (Top 10)

  1. The search for truth is more precious than its possession.
  2. The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectability is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent and proud. If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand.
  3. For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
  4. If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.
  5. Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.
  6. A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.
  7. He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.
  8. The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.
  9. Yesterday I lived, today I suffer, tomorrow I die; but I still think fondly, today and tomorrow, of yesterday.
  10. A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes