Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)

Quotes

• If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.

• 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.

• Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

• If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.

• I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

• The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

• The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy.

• 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.