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.

Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see...

Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see...

Philosophy is not a theory but an activity

Philosophy is not a theory but an activity

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

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

For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle...

For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle...

The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their...

The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their...

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world

A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never...

A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

Philosophy is concerned with the undermining and questioning of dogmas, whereas religion is all about...

Philosophy is concerned with the undermining and questioning of dogmas, whereas religion is all about...

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that...

So, the path of the co-creator is to be awakened spiritually within, which then turns...

So, the path of the co-creator is to be awakened spiritually within, which then turns...

Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.

Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...