The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.

Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us.

If, for example, you were to think more deeply about death, then it would be truly strange if, in so doing, you did not encounter new images.

A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view.

One cannot guess how a word functions. One has to look at its use and learn from that. But the difficulty is to remove the prejudice which stands in the way of doing this. It is not a stupid prejudice.

It would strike me as ridiculous to want to doubt the existence of Napoleon; but if someone doubted the existence of the earth 150years ago, perhaps I should be more willing to listen, for now he is doubting our whole system of evidence.

Hell isn't other people. Hell is yourself.