569 Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Kierkegaard was by far the most profound thinker of the last century. Kierkegaard was a saint.

When I obey a rule, I do not choose. I obey the rule blindly .

The fact that we can describe the motions of the world using Newtonian mechanics tell us nothing about the world. The fact that we do, does tell us something about the world.

What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about.

Only describe, don't explain.

To believe in God is to see that life has a meaning.

It's impossible for me to say one word about all that music has meant to me in my life. How, then, can I hope to be understood?

Man is the microcosm: I am my world.

One age misunderstands another; and a petty age misunderstands all the others in its own ugly way.