Ludwig Wittgenstein on Religion
Browse 8 quotations attributed to Ludwig Wittgenstein, catalogued under Religion, with dates where available.
This page displays 8 quotations attributed to Ludwig Wittgenstein and filed under "Religion" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Ludwig Wittgenstein, entry #237132: "Religion is, as it were, the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be."
Attributed to Ludwig Wittgenstein, entry #204384: "If God had looked into our minds he would not have been able to see there whom we were speaking of."
8 Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein on Religion
"Religion is, as it were, the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be."
"If God had looked into our minds he would not have been able to see there whom we were speaking of."
"The way you use the word "God" does not show whom you mean — but, rather, what you mean."
"Make sure that your religion is a matter between you and God only."
"The purely corporeal can be uncanny. Compare the way angels and devils are portrayed. So-called "miracles" must be connected with this. A miracle must be, as it were, a sacred gesture."
"The human body is the best picture of the human soul."
"Bach wrote on the title page of his Orgelbüchlein: "To the glory of the most high God, and that my neighbour may be benefited thereby." That is what I would have liked to say about my work."
""It is necessary to be given the prop that all elementary props are given." This is not necessary because it is even impossible. There is no such prop! That all elementary props are given is SHOWN by there being none having an elementary sense which is not given."