Courage, not cleverness; not even inspiration, is the grain of mustard that grows up to be a great tree.
Ludwig WittgensteinI am sitting with a philosopher in the garden; he says again and again 'I know that thatโs a tree', pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else arrives and hears this, and I tell him: 'This fellow isnโt insane. We are only doing philosophy.
Ludwig WittgensteinBelievers who have formulated such proofs [for God's existence] ... would never have come to believe as a result of such proofs
Ludwig WittgensteinIn philosophy it is always good to put a question instead of an answer to a question. For an answer to the philosophical question may easily be unfair; disposing of it by means of another question is not.
Ludwig Wittgenstein