Wittgenstein, Ludwig

"The work of the philosopher consists in assembling reminders for a particular purpose."

"A tautology has no truth-conditions, because it is unconditionally true."

"The picture must represent the world as it is."

"Objects contain the possibility of all situations."

"If you wish to understand others, look into your own heart."

"In mathematics we are not discovering pre-existing truths."

"A proposition is a picture of reality."

"Our language can be seen as an ancient city."

"The subject of thought is surely something sublime."

"How hard I find it to see what is right in front of my eyes."

"Philosophy aims at the clarification of thoughts."

"The totality of true thoughts is a picture of the world."

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."

"I sit like a man playing chess who, from his intense study of the game, has forgotten the original idea of trying to win."

"The purpose of philosophy is to show the fly the way out of the bottle."

"We feel that even when all possible scientific questions have been answered, the problems of life remain completely untouched."

"A new word is like a fresh fruit in the language."

"One thought can be compared to a chess position."

"It is not impossible that what we call dreaming is, after all, our most wakeful life."

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