might-place-could-way-ladder-would-place-really-place-must-already-might-ladder

I might say: if the place I want to get to could only be reached by way of a ladder, I would give up trying to get there. For the place I really have to get to is a place I must already be at now. Anything that I might reach by climbing a ladder does not interest me.

Ludwig Wittgenstein
0/5 (0)

Ludwig Wittgenstein's Popular Quotes

What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

Only describe, don't explain.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

When I obey a rule, I do not choose. I obey the rule blindly .

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

An image is not a picture, but a picture can correspond to it.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

How small a thought it takes to fill a life.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

We learn by rearranging what we know.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

All I know is what I have words for.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push it.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein
0 Comments

Login to join the discussion