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> [Don't ask what it means, but rather how it is used.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/don-t-ask-what-it-means-but-rather-how-it-is-used/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [To believe in a God means to see that the facts of the world are not the end of the matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/to-believe-in-a-god-means-to-see-that-the-facts-of-the-world-are-not/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/death-is-not-an-event-in-life-we-do-not-live-to-experience-death-if/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [The 2 timeless drivers that underpin the behavior of every generation: the need to belong and the need to be significant. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/the-2-timeless-drivers-that-underpin-the-behavior-of-every-generation/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [Our ordinary language has no means for describing a particular shade of color. Thus it is incapable of producing a picture of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/our-ordinary-language-has-no-means-for-describing-a-particular-shade/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [Suppose we think while we talk or write--I mean, as we normally do--we shall not in general say that we think quicker…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/suppose-we-think-while-we-talk-or-write-i-mean-as-we-normally-do-we/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [To understand a sentence means to understand a language. To understand a language means to be master of a technique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/to-understand-a-sentence-means-to-understand-a-language-to-understand/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [ Schiller writes in a letter \[to Goethe, 17 December 1795\] of a 'poetic mood'. I think I know what he means, I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/schiller-writes-in-a-letter-to-goethe-17-december-1795-of-a-poetic/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [For remember that in general we don't use language according to strict rules-- it hasn't been taught to us by means of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/for-remember-that-in-general-we-don-t-use-language-according-to/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [The Christian religion is only for one who needs infinite help, therefore only for one who feels an infinite need. The whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/the-christian-religion-is-only-for-one-who-needs-infinite-help/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [To believe in a God means to understand the question about the meaning of life. To believe in a God means to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/to-believe-in-a-god-means-to-understand-the-question-about-the/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [In philosophy it is always good to put a question instead of an answer to a question. For an answer to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/in-philosophy-it-is-always-good-to-put-a-question-instead-of-an/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [I think one of the things you and I have to learn is that we have to live without the consolation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/i-think-one-of-the-things-you-and-i-have-to-learn-is-that-we-have-to/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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> [“The truly apocalyptic view of the world is that things do not repeat themselves. It isn’t absurd, e.g., to believe that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/the-truly-apocalyptic-view-of-the-world-is-that-things-do-not-repeat/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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## Other authors on Mean

## More by Ludwig Wittgenstein

> [“But some of the greatest achievements in philosophy could only be compared with taking up some books which seemed to belong together, and putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/but-some-of-the-greatest-achievements-in-philosophy-could-only-be/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [What can be shown, cannot be said.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/what-can-be-shown-cannot-be-said/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [“This is connected with the conception of naming as a process that is, so to speak, occult. Naming seems to be a \_strange\_ connection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/this-is-connected-with-the-conception-of-naming-as-a-process-that-is/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [If a lion could talk, we could not understand him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/if-a-lion-could-talk-we-could-not-understand-him/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [White must be the lightest color in a picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/white-must-be-the-lightest-color-in-a-picture/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [Freud's fanciful pseudo-explanations (precisely because they are brilliant) perform a disservice. Now any ass has these pictures available to use in "explaining" symptoms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/freud-s-fanciful-pseudo-explanations-precisely-because-they-are/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [In order to be able to set a limit to thought, we should have to find both sides of the limit thinkable (i.e. we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/in-order-to-be-able-to-set-a-limit-to-thought-we-should-have-to-find/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [A teacher who can show good, or indeed astounding results while he is teaching, is still not on that account a good teacher, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/a-teacher-who-can-show-good-or-indeed-astounding-results-while-he-is/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/one-often-makes-a-remark-and-only-later-sees-how-true-it-is/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [Where does our investigation get its importance from, since it seems only to destroy everything interesting, that is, all that is great and important?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/where-does-our-investigation-get-its-importance-from-since-it-seems/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [There is such a thing as the impression of luminosity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/there-is-such-a-thing-as-the-impression-of-luminosity/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/death-is-not-an-event-in-life-we-do-not-live-to-experience-death-if/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [I Once wrote: "In mathematics process and result are equivalent."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/i-once-wrote-in-mathematics-process-and-result-are-equivalent/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/philosophy-aims-at-the-logical-clarification-of-thoughts-philosophy/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

> [“It is clear that ethics cannot be expressed. Ethics are transcendental. (Ethics and æsthetics are one.)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/it-is-clear-that-ethics-cannot-be-expressed-ethics-are-transcendental/)

[Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/)

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