Heidegger, Martin

"Being makes itself known through contrast with nothingness."

"Poetry brings man and world into proximity."

"The heart of all thinking is listening."

"Genuine dialogue requires authentic presence."

"The question 'what is being' is the most universal of questions."

"Beauty is a fundamental way being manifests itself."

"Music opens the silence that surrounds all sound."

"We learn only by unlearning our assumptions."

"The simple is the hardest to think."

"Power corrupts less through force than through truth."

"History is the struggle between earth and world."

"Creativity requires a leap beyond the merely logical."

"Peace comes not from the absence of conflict but from understanding."

"The future belongs to those who can think in new ways."

"Strength lies in acceptance of limitation."

"To dream is to participate in the becoming of being."

"Justice requires seeing the other in their otherness."

"Gratitude is a response to the gift of being."

"Kindness is the highest expression of strength."

"Adventure is the mode of authentic existence."

"The greatest knowledge is knowing what we do not know."

"Success is measured by authenticity, not achievement."

"Failure is a necessary part of authentic becoming."

"Health requires a harmony with one's fundamental nature."

"War reveals the truth that peace conceals."

"Love is the willingness to see another fully."

"Family is where we first learn to be ourselves."

"Friendship requires the courage to be known."

"Happiness is not an achievement but a way of being."

"The best way to predict the future is to understand the past."