248 Quotes by Martin Heidegger

Do we know ourselves – our “self”? How are we supposed to be ourselves if we are not our selves? And how can we be our selves without knowing who we are, such that we are certain of being the ones we are?

Speaking a lot about something does not in the least guarantee that understanding is thus furthered. On the contrary, talking at great length about something covers things over and brings what is understood into an illusory clarity, that is, the unintelligibility of the trivial. But to keep silent does not mean to be mute... one who is mute still has the tendency to “speak.”... Authentic silence is possible only in genuine discourse. In order to be silent, Dasein must have something to say.

Has Dasein as itself ever freely decided, and will it ever be able to decide, whether it wants to come into “Dasein” or not?

Nur noch ein Gott kann uns retten.

A man’s first bond is that which ties him into the national community.