Quote #87

Don't for heaven's sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense. (p. 56e)

More from Ludwig Wittgenstein

  1. [From Kierkegaard]: 'I never believed in God before.' - that I understand. But not: 'I never really believed in Him before.' (p. 53e)
  2. Animals come when their names are called. Just like human beings. (p. 67e)
  3. Wisdom is passionless. But faith by contrast is what Kierkegaard calls a passion. (p. 53e)
  4. It's only by thinking even more crazily than philosophers do that you can solve their problems. (p. 75e)
  5. 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…
  6. Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness. (p. 76e)
  7. Our greatest stupidities may be very wise. (p. 39e)
  8. Ambition is the death of thought. (p. 77e)

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