I act with complete certainty. But this certainty is my own. Ludwig Wittgenstein More Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein More Quotes From Ludwig Wittgenstein A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion. Ludwig Wittgenstein discussionphilosophicalair Words are probes. Some reach very deep, some only to a little depth. Ludwig Wittgenstein very-deepdepthlittles Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement. Ludwig Wittgenstein acknowledgementendsknowledge Is it even always an advantage to replace an indistinct picture by a sharp one? Isn't the indistinct one often what we need? Ludwig Wittgenstein advantageneeds At the end of reasons comes persuasion. Ludwig Wittgenstein persuasionendsreason You could attach prices to thoughts. Some cost a lot, some a little. And how does one pay for thoughts? The answer, I think, is: with courage. Ludwig Wittgenstein costdoethinking Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophicalmathreality Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Ludwig Wittgenstein lifemeandeath An image is not a picture, but a picture can correspond to it. Ludwig Wittgenstein What can be shown, cannot be said. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophicalsaid The truth of the thoughts that are here set forth seems to me unassailable and definitive. I therefore believe myself to have found, on all essential points, the final solution of the problems. And if I am not mistaken in this belief, then the second thing in which the value of this work consists is that it shows how little is achieved when these problems are solved. Ludwig Wittgenstein finalsessentialsbelieve One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.' Ludwig Wittgenstein techniquelanguageuse Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved... it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. Ludwig Wittgenstein burningkissingway There is no more light in a genius than in any other honest man - but he has a particular kind of lens to concentrate this light into a burning point. Ludwig Wittgenstein lenseslightmen Because our goals are not lofty but illusory, our problems are not difficult, but nonsensical. Ludwig Wittgenstein nonsensicalproblemgoal A wheel that can be turned though nothing else moves with it, is not a part of the mechanism. Ludwig Wittgenstein wheelsexperiencemoving The popular scientific books by our scientists aren't the outcome of hard work, but are written when they are resting on their laurels. Ludwig Wittgenstein outcomeshard-workbook All philosophy is a 'critique of language' (though not in Mauthner's sense). It was Russell who performed the service of showing that the apparent logical form of a proposition need not be its real one. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophicalrealphilosophy Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophicallyingknowledge Man is the microcosm: I am my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein microcosmmenworld
