"you do not clearly understand what I mean by ‘philosophy,’ ‘theory,’ and ‘practice.’ These words must be understood in a different way, not in the way they are usually understood." p.15
"all peoples themselves are machines" p.18
"It is possible to stop being a machine, but for that it is necessary first of all to know the machine." p.19
"What a man knows well” (he emphasized the word “well”)—”that is his preparation. If a man knows how to make coffee well or how to make boots well, then it is already possible to talk to him. The trouble is that nobody knows anything well." p.20
"G.’s words, in addition to their ordinary meaning, undoubtedly contained another, altogether different, meaning." p.20
"It is impossible to do anything. A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false conceptions, chiefly about himself, and he must get rid of some of them before beginning to acquire anything new. Otherwise the new will be built on a wrong foundation and the result will be worse than before.” p.20
"To speak the truth one must know what the truth is and what a lie is, and first of all in oneself. And this nobody wants to know." p.22
Some titbits that struck me in this last reading:
"you do not clearly understand what I mean by ‘philosophy,’ ‘theory,’ and ‘practice.’ These words must be understood in a different way, not in the way they are usually understood." p.15
"all peoples themselves are machines" p.18
"It is possible to stop being a machine, but for that it is necessary first of all to know the machine." p.19
"What a man knows well” (he emphasized the word “well”)—”that is his preparation. If a man knows how to make coffee well or how to make boots well, then it is already possible to talk to him. The trouble is that nobody knows anything well." p.20
"G.’s words, in addition to their ordinary meaning, undoubtedly contained another, altogether different, meaning." p.20
"It is impossible to do anything. A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false conceptions, chiefly about himself, and he must get rid of some of them before beginning to acquire anything new. Otherwise the new will be built on a wrong foundation and the result will be worse than before.” p.20
"To speak the truth one must know what the truth is and what a lie is, and first of all in oneself. And this nobody wants to know." p.22