More from Ludwig Wittgenstein

  1. One might say: Genius is talent exercised with courage. (p. 38e)
  2. Our greatest stupidities may be very wise. (p. 39e)
  3. 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. (p. …
  4. A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than p…
  5. Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep. (p. 35e)
  6. Wisdom is passionless. But faith by contrast is what Kierkegaard calls a passion. (p. 53e)
  7. Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself. (p. 34e)
  8. [From Kierkegaard]: 'I never believed in God before.' - that I understand. But not: 'I never really believed in Him before.' (p. 53e)

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