Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
Most popular Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes
![A picture is a model of reality. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/42/9842A-a-picture-is-a-model-of-reality-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
A picture is a model of reality.
![Ambition is the death of thought. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/10/25910A-ambition-is-the-death-of-thought-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Ambition is the death of thought.
![The face is the soul of the body. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/39/30639A-the-face-is-the-soul-of-body-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
The face is the soul of the body.
![Piano playing, a dance of human fingers. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/73/29073A-piano-playing-a-dance-of-human-fingers-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Piano playing, a dance of human fingers.
![Genius is talent exercised with courage. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/42/40642A-genius-is-talent-exercised-with-courage-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Genius is talent exercised with courage.
![Aim at being loved without being admired. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/80/25780A-aim-at-being-loved-without-being-admired-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Aim at being loved without being admired.
![Philosophy is not a theory but an activity. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/75/11375A-philosophy-is-not-a-theory-but-activity-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.
![To pray is to think about the meaning of life. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/47/38047A-to-pray-is-to-think-about-meaning-life-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
To pray is to think about the meaning of life.
![Everything that can be said can be said clearly. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/89/5289A-everything-that-can-be-said-can-be-said-clearly-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Everything that can be said can be said clearly.
![Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/42/2142A-nothing-is-so-difficult-as-not-deceiving-oneself-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.
![The mystical is not how the world is, but that it is. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/24/11324A-the-mystical-is-not-how-the-world-is-but-that-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
The mystical is not how the world is, but that it is.
![Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/79/33079A-humor-is-not-a-mood-but-way-looking-at-world-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world.
![A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/66/42266A-a-new-word-is-like-a-fresh-seed-sown-ground-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.
![Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/93/33493A-uttering-a-word-is-like-striking-note-keyboard-imagination-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.
![Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/05/37305A-philosophy-is-a-battle-against-the-bewitchment-our-intelligence-by-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language.
![I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/92/51792A-i-dont-know-why-we-are-here-but-im-pretty-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
![Because our goals are not lofty but illusory, our problems are not difficult, but nonsensical. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/19/6519A-because-our-goals-are-not-lofty-but-illusory-our-problems-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Because our goals are not lofty but illusory, our problems are not difficult, but nonsensical.
![A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/50/29650A-a-philosopher-who-is-not-taking-part-discussions-is-like-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
![Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/58/7958A-resting-on-your-laurels-is-as-dangerous-as-resting-when-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep.
![I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/74/34874A-i-sit-astride-life-like-a-bad-rider-horse-i-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.
![Religion is, as it were, the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/10/38810A-religion-is-as-it-were-the-calm-bottom-sea-at-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Religion is, as it were, the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be.
![Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/66/38166A-dont-get-involved-in-partial-problems-but-always-take-flight-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one.
![Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/06/37306A-philosophy-is-like-trying-to-open-safe-with-combination-lock-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.
![If life becomes hard to bear we think of a change in our circumstances. But the most important and effective change, a change in our own attitude, hardly even occurs to us, and the resolution to take such a step is very difficult for us. - Ludwig Wittgenstein quote.](/img/q/12/26712A-if-life-becomes-hard-to-bear-we-think-change-our-ludwig-wittgenstein.png)
If life becomes hard to bear we think of a change in our circumstances. But the most important and effective change, a change in our own attitude, hardly even occurs to us, and the resolution to take such a step is very difficult for us.