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The limits of my language means the limits of my world.

The limits of my language means the limits of my world.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Wisdom, Communication, Philosophical
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Proposition 5.6 (1922)

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy, Philosophical, Silence
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922) preface

All I know is what I have words for.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Knows
"Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus". Book by Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1922.

Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Deception, Investing, Deceiving
"Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 34e), 1980.

Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Clever, Intelligent, Valleys
"Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 76e), 1980.

When we can't think for ourselves, we can always quote

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Thinking

The eternal life is given to those who live in the present.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Life Is, Live In The Present, Given

If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Communication, Different, World

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

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Happiness, Sarcastic, Philosophy
"The Beginning of the End" by Peter Hershey, (p. 109), 2004.

We learn by rearranging what we know.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Rearranging, Knows

Only describe, don't explain.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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
Moving On, Moving Forward, Men
"Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 42e), 1980.

We are asleep. Our Life is a dream. But we wake up sometimes, just enough to know that we are dreaming.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Dream, Wake Up, Sometimes

What is thinkable is also possible.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Imagination, Thinkable
Ludwig Wittgenstein (2012). “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus”, p.35, Courier Corporation

To think that you are not following a rule is to follow a rule.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Thinking, Following

The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Real, Doe, Problem

If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Inspirational, Education, Dream
"Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 50e), 1980.

Genius is talent exercised with courage.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Genius, Talent
"Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 38e), 1980.

Don't look for the meanings; look for the use.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Looks, Use, Using Me

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy, Philosophical, Humor
Garth Hallett, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1977). “A companion to Wittgenstein's "Philosophical investigations"”, Cornell Univ Pr

To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Truth, Errors, Path
Ludwig Wittgenstein, James Carl Klagge, Alfred Nordmann (1993). “Philosophical Occasions, 1912-1951”, p.119, Hackett Publishing

Make sure that your religion is a matter between you and God only.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Matter
"Wittgenstein Reads Freud : The Myth of the Unconscious" by Jacques Bouveresse, as translated by Carol Cosman, (p. 14), 1996.

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
Years, Two Year Olds, Long

He who lives in the present lives in eternity.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Time, Eternity, Live In The Present

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

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy, Philosophical, Mean
Garth Hallett, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1977). “A companion to Wittgenstein's "Philosophical investigations"”, Cornell Univ Pr

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