“Language disguises the thought; so that from the external form of the clothes one cannot infer the form of the thought they clothe, because the external form of the clothes is constructed with quite another object than to let the form of the body be recognized.”

“To imagine a language is to imagine a form of life.”

“It is not humanly possible to gather immediately from it what the logic of language is. Language disguises thought.”

“Language disguises thought.”

“Philosophy ought really to be written only as a form of poetry.”

“If anyone is unwilling to descend into himself, because this is too painful, he will remain superficial in his writing. . . If I perform to myself, then it’s this that the style expresses. And then the style cannot be my own. If you are unwilling to know what you are, your writing is a form of deceit.”

“Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us.”