Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.

When philosophers use a word—'knowledge,' 'being,' 'object,' 'I,' 'proposition,' 'name,' and try to grasp the essence of the thing, one must always ask oneself; is the word ever actually used in this way in the language-game which is its original home?...What we do is to bring words back from their metaphysical to their everyday use.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.

Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.