Wisdom Quotes

"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."

"Our intuitions about logic are shaped by the structure of our language."

"The principle of charity requires that we interpret others charitably to understand them."

"Conventional wisdom often reflects linguistic confusion rather than genuine insight."

"To think clearly is to use language precisely and consistently."

"The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking."

"The most thought-provoking thing is that we are not thinking."

"The highest truths are the simplest things in the world."

"The clearest eye may be blind to the obvious."

"The root of all evil is the belief that we possess absolute knowledge."

"Being makes itself known through contrast with nothingness."

"The simple is the hardest to think."

"Don't think, look!"

"A single idea, if it is right, saves us from labour."

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

"My task is to show the fly the way out of the bottle."

"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. This proposition is the key to solving the problems of life."

"I don't believe in introspection. I believe in observation."

"If you want to go down deep, you do not need to travel far."

"Always get to the bottom of things."

"Whereof we cannot speak, we must be silent."

"The web of belief is not revised at the center but at the periphery."

"We cling to our beliefs because they cohere, not because they are true."

"We cannot step outside our web of belief to verify it."

"Consistency is a virtue; completeness is impossible."

"The analytic-synthetic distinction cannot survive scrutiny."

"Rational belief aims at coherence more than correspondence."

"Truth is what survives sustained rational inquiry."

"Our theories underdetermine reality; multiple explanations succeed."

"The mind projects patterns that experience does not supply."