Not how the world is, but that it is, is the mystery.

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

You might say that certain words are only pegs to hang intonations on.

Elementary propositions consist of names.

It is possible--indeed possible even according to the old conception of logic--to give in advance a description of all 'true' logical propositions. Hence there can never be surprises in logic.

Everything that can be thought at all can be thought clearly. Everything that can be said can be said clearly. Ludwig Wittgenstein

It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise.