Martin Heidegger

Philosopher German 1889 – 1976

Explored being and existence; influenced phenomenology and existentialism profoundly.

379 quotes

"Man is the shepherd of being."
Philosophy
"Modern science is the assault upon nature."
Science
"To say nothing is to achieve most in the realm of spirit."
Solitude
"Being is time."
Time
"The most banal triviality towers over the highest truths."
Truth
"Anxiety reveals the nothing."
Fear
"To be human is to care."
Life
"The essence of modern technology lies in enframing."
Technology
"History is nothing but the revelation of being."
History
"The woods are dark and deep, much like truth itself."
Truth
"Authentic freedom arises from facing one's own facticity."
Freedom
"The marketplace clamors, but wisdom whispers."
Wisdom
"Finitude is the foundation of human existence."
Life
"Art awakens us to the strangeness of the ordinary."
Art
"We are not free to not be free."
Freedom
"The West has forgotten being."
Philosophy
"Patience is the virtue of those who seek truth."
Patience
"We must learn to listen to what is not said."
Wisdom
"Death is not an event in life; it is the meaning of life."
Death
"The uncanny is the deepest truth of being."
Philosophy
"To dwell means to be at peace."
Peace
"Language shapes reality as much as reality shapes language."
Knowledge
"The work of art opens a world."
Art
"Mortality teaches us what authenticity means."
Death
"To think is to thank."
Wisdom
"Being shows itself through concealment."
Truth
"The essence of power is to hide itself."
Power
"We are all shipwrecked in the present moment."
Time
"Compassion springs from understanding the shared nature of suffering."
Kindness
"The greatest poverty is not to know one's own roots."
History