A main cause of philosophical disease-an unbalanced diet: one nourishes one's thinking with only one kind of example.
Ludwig WittgensteinA wheel that can be turned though nothing else moves with it, is not a part of the mechanism.
Ludwig WittgensteinWhat is left over if I subtract the fact that my arms goes up from the fact that I raise my arm?
Ludwig WittgensteinThe 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.
Ludwig Wittgenstein