Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

The difference between a good and a poor architect is that the poor architect succumbs to every temptation and the good one resists it.

I am not interested in constructing a building, so much as in having a perspicuous view of the foundations of possible buildings.

The Christian religion is only for one who needs infinite help, therefore only for one who feels an infinite need. The whole planet cannot be in greater anguish than a single soul. The Christian faith - as I view it - is the refuge in this ultimate anguish. To whom it is given in this anguish to open his heart, instead of contracting it, accepts the means of salvation in his heart.

Is it even always an advantage to replace an indistinct picture by a sharp one? Isn't the indistinct one often what we need?

What is troubling us is the tendency to believe that the mind is like a little man within.

I won't say 'See you tomorrow' because that would be like predicting the future, and I'm pretty sure I can't do that.