569 Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein

If someone does not believe in fairies, he does not need to teach his children 'There are no fairies'; he can omit to teach them the word 'fairy'.

I realize then that the disappearance of a culture does not signify the disappearance of human value, but simply of certain means of expressing this value, yet the fact remains that I have no sympathy for the current European civilization and do not understand its goals, if it has any. So I am really writing for friends who are scattered throughout the corners of the globe.

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

Language disguises the thought; so that from the external form of the clothes one cannot infer the form of the thought they clothe, because the external form of the clothes is constructed with quite another object than to let the form of the body be recognized.

For philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday.

There are, indeed, things that cannot be put into words. They make themselves manifest. They are what is mystical.

That of which we cannot speak, we must pass over in silence

The limits of your language are the limits of your world.

Language is a labyrinth of paths. You approach from one side and know your way about; you approach the same place from another side and no longer know your way about.