A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push it. Ludwig Wittgenstein More Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein More Quotes From Ludwig Wittgenstein I won't say 'See you tomorrow' because that would be like predicting the future, and I'm pretty sure I can't do that. Ludwig Wittgenstein predicting-the-future tomorrow would-be A propositional sign, applied and thought out, is a thought. A thought is a proposition with a sense. Ludwig Wittgenstein thoughtful language thinking Only a man who lives not in time but in the present is happy. Ludwig Wittgenstein men If you use a trick in logic, whom can you be tricking other than yourself? Ludwig Wittgenstein tricks logic use I did not get my picture of the world by satisfying myself of its correctness; nor do I have it because I am satisfied of its correctness. No: it is the inherited background against which I distinguish between true and false. Ludwig Wittgenstein true-and-false reality world It is possible--indeed possible even according to the old conception of logic--to give in advance a description of all 'true' logical propositions. Hence there can never be surprises in logic. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophical logic giving A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion. Ludwig Wittgenstein If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done. Ludwig Wittgenstein What is your aim in philosophy?---To shew the fly the way out of the fly-bottle. Ludwig Wittgenstein A picture is a fact. Ludwig Wittgenstein fact picture
