569 Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein

It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played.

This is how philosophers should salute each other: ‘Take your time.

Everything that can be thought at all can be thought clearly. Everything that can be said can be said clearly. Ludwig Wittgenstein

One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.'

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

With my full philosophical rucksack I can only climb slowly up the mountain of mathematics.

Aim at being loved without being admired.

Russell's books should be bound in two colours, those dealing with mathematical logic in red - and all students of philosophy should read them; those dealing with ethics and politics in blue - and no one should be allowed to read them.

You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language.