When philosophers use a word--"knowledge," "being," "object," "I," "proposition," "name"--and try to grasp the essence of the thing, one must always ask oneself: is the word ever actually used in this way in the language-game which is its original home?--What we do is to bring words back from their metaphysical to their everyday use.

Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations.

Genius is talent in which character makes itself heard.

In the world everything is as it is and happens as it does happen. In it, there is no value, - and if there were, it would be of no value.

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.

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?