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Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes

Ludwig Wittgenstein quotes

Austrian Philosopher April 26, 1889 – April 29, 1951

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What do I know about God and the purpose of life? I know that this world exists. That I am placed in it like my eye in its visual field. That something about it is problematic, which we call its meaning. This meaning does not lie in it but outside of it. That life is the world. That my will penetrates the world. That my will is good or evil. Therefore that good and evil are somehow connected with the meaning of the world. The meaning of life, i. e. the meaning of the world, we can call God.... Ludwig Wittgenstein
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
The work of art is the object seen sub specie aeternitatis [i. e., under the aspect of eternity]; and the good life is the world seen sub specie aeternitatis. This is the connection between art and ethics. Ludwig Wittgenstein
The primary question about life after death is not whether it is a fact, but even if it is, what problems that really solves. Ludwig Wittgenstein
It's impossible for me to say one word about all that music has meant to me in my life. How, then, can I hope to be understood? Ludwig Wittgenstein
If you and I are to live religious lives, it mustn't be that we talk a lot about religion, but that our manner of life is different. It is my belief that only if you try to be helpful to other people will you in the end find your way to God. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "If in life we are surrounded by death, then in the health of..."
If in life we are surrounded by death, then in the health of our intellect we are surrounded by madness. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it..."
The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "We are asleep. Our Life is a dream. But we wake up sometimes,..."
We are asleep. Our Life is a dream. But we wake up sometimes, just enough to know that we are dreaming. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be..."
We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be answered, the problems of life have still not been touched at all. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Christianity is not a doctrine, not, I mean, a theory about what has happened & will happen to the human soul, but a description of something that actually takes place in human life. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "The mechanism which we don't understand is not anything in our..."
The mechanism which we don't understand is not anything in our soul, but rather that of the life of this expression. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "How small a thought it takes to fill a life."
How small a thought it takes to fill a life. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "A confession has to be part of your new life."
A confession has to be part of your new life. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Tell them I've had a wonderful life."
Tell them I've had a wonderful life. Ludwig Wittgenstein

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