Not only is there no guarantee of the temporal immortality of the human soul, that is to say of its eternal survival after death; but, in any case, this assumption completely fails to accomplish the purpose for which it has always been intended. Or is some riddle solved by my surviving forever? Is not this eternal life itself as much of a riddle as our present life?
Ludwig WittgensteinThe world of those who are happy is different from the world of those who are not.
Ludwig WittgensteinI think I summed up my attitude to philosophy when I said: philosophy ought really to be written only as a poetic composition.
Ludwig WittgensteinThere is not a philosophical method, though there are indeed methods, like different therapies.
Ludwig WittgensteinNo one likes having offended another person; hence everyone feels so much better if the other person doesn't show he's been offended. Nobody likes being confronted by a wounded spaniel. Remember that. It is much easier patiently - and tolerantly - to avoid the person you have injured than to approach him as a friend. You need courage for that.
Ludwig Wittgenstein