Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics Quotes

“The difficult thing here is not, to dig down to the ground; no, it is to recognize the ground that lies before us as the ground. For the ground keeps on giving us the illusory image of a greater depth, and when we seek to reach this, we keep on finding ourselves on the old level. Our disease is one of wanting to explain.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein, Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics