Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes

It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door.

I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous, and you cannot take anything for granted.

I've been asked a lot lately what message is there in the Lusitania for the modern day. To be honest, not much. Except that maybe hubris and overconfidence are always dangerous things.

They believe that nothing will happen because they have closed their doors.

He that's secure is not safe.

There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player.

In this kind of situation, we tend to cling to his convictions, we believe that, by magic, we are going to recover. Then we agree to drive less good cars and we are fatally more exposed. It is what finally happened to me with Ensign.

We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.

It is foolish for anyone to be complacent.

There is a danger in believing your own hype.

The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.

We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.

Is not he imprudent, who, seeing the tide making haste towards him apace, will sleep till the sea overwhelms him?

Arrogance can be deadly.

Those who think themselves secure are more exposed to danger than any others. The armor-bearer of sin is self-confidence .

A man had need to fear this most of all that he fears not at all.

Doin' nothing's a dangerous occupation.

There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.

And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you’re safe.

We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous.

Most people sleep themselves stupid.

It is time to face real world, even if it is harder and painful. I'd rather fly and crash, than just snuggle and sleep.

We are in the greatest danger of being run over when we have just gotten out of the way of a carriage.