569 Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein

There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap.

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

The subject does not belong to the world; rather, it is a limit of the world.

It would strike me as ridiculous to want to doubt the existence of Napoleon; but if someone doubted the existence of the earth 150years ago, perhaps I should be more willing to listen, for now he is doubting our whole system of evidence.

It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise.

Could one imagine a stone's having consciousness? And if anyone can do so-why should that not merely prove that such image-mongery is of no interest to us?

It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

Imagine someone pointing to a place in the iris of a Rembrandt eye and saying, 'The walls of my room should be painted this color.