One is unable to notice something because it is always before one's eyes. Ludwig Wittgenstein More Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein More Quotes From Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations. Philosophy does not result in 'philosophical propositions', but rather in the clarification of propositions. Without philosophy thoughts are, as it were, cloudy and indistinct: its task is to make them clear and to give them sharp boundaries. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophicalgivingphilosophy Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophicalphilosophymean Not how the world is, but that it is, is the mystery. Ludwig Wittgenstein mysteryworld He who lives in the present lives in eternity. Ludwig Wittgenstein live-in-the-presenteternitytime I am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that that’s a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isn’t insane. We are only doing philosophy. Ludwig Wittgenstein gardentreephilosophy Language disguises thought. Ludwig Wittgenstein disguiselanguage My day passes between logic, whistling, going for walks, and being depressed. I wish to God that I were more intelligent and everything would finally become clear to me - or else that I needn't live much longer. Ludwig Wittgenstein logicintelligentwish The world of those who are happy is different from the world of those who are not. Ludwig Wittgenstein differentdeterminationhappiness If you tried to doubt everything you would not get as far as doubting anything. The game of doubting itself presupposes certainty. Ludwig Wittgenstein certaintydoubtgames Ethics and aesthetics are one. Ludwig Wittgenstein aestheticsaestheticethics It is truly strange how long it takes to get to know oneself. I am now sixty two years old, yet just one moment ago I realised that I absolutely love lightly toasted bread. Simultaneously, I also realised that I loathe bread when it is heavily toasted. For almost sixty years, and quite unconsciously, I have been experiencing inner joy or total despair at my relationship with grilled bread. Ludwig Wittgenstein two-year-oldslongyears It is a dogma of the Roman Church that the existence of God can be proved by natural reason. Now this dogma would make it impossible for me to be a Roman Catholic. If I thought of God as another being like myself, outside myself, only infinitely more powerful, then I would regard it as my duty to defy him. Ludwig Wittgenstein catholicpowerfulchurch My aim is: to teach you to pass from a piece of disguised nonsense to something that is patent nonsense. Ludwig Wittgenstein nonsensepatentspieces Think of the tools in a tool-box: there is a hammer, pliers, a saw, a screwdriver, a rule, a glue-pot, nails and screws.--The function of words are as diverse as the functions of these objects. Ludwig Wittgenstein gluenailsthinking What is thinkable is also possible. Ludwig Wittgenstein thinkableimagination Philosophy unravels the knots in our thinking; hence its results must be simple, but its activity is as complicated as the knots that it unravels. Ludwig Wittgenstein simplephilosophythinking Hell isn't other people. Hell is yourself. Ludwig Wittgenstein hellpeople To believe in a God means to see that the facts of the world are not the end of the matter. Ludwig Wittgenstein godmeanbelieve A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. Ludwig Wittgenstein philosophicalhumorphilosophy If you and I are to live religious lives, it mustn't be that we talk a lot about religion, but that our manner of life is different. It is my belief that only if you try to be helpful to other people will you in the end find your way to God. Ludwig Wittgenstein religioustryingpeople
