Ludwig Wittgenstein

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

"Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself."

"A laugh is a sign of faith in life."

"Work on yourself. How? By working."

"In order to draw a limit to thought, we should have to find both sides of the limit thinkable."

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

"The beautiful is what makes us feel our nothingness."

"Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to observe how it does it."

"A picture held us captive."

"Play is important, yet it is not a luxury."

"The proposition is a picture of reality."

"Most of the problems of philosophical inquiry arise from our ignorance of the use of words."

"Whereof we cannot speak, we must pass over in silence."

"You must always be ready to give up your life at any moment."

"A man can be profoundly unhappy and still be a great man."

"The meaning of a word is its use in the language."

"If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present."

"Ethics cannot be articulated."

"Language is a labyrinth of paths."

"What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the bottle."

"Death is not an event in life."

"The world does not change, we change."

"How can I be prudent if I am not free?"

"There is no such thing as luck."

"A simpler solution requires a simpler mind."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Don't say you lack the time. As a rule, it is an excuse."

"One could imagine someone arguing passionately for solitude."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but assessment that something else is more important."

"The picture theory of meaning has become a fixture of modern philosophy."