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Let himself be drawn hither by the coercion of the phenomena themselves.

Martin Heidegger

Truth is that which makes a people certain, clear, and strong.
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Clear People Strong Truth
Why is love beyond all measure of other human possibilities so rich and such a sweet burden for the one who has been struck by it? Because we change ourselves into that which we love, and yet remain ourselves.
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Beyond Change Human Love Measure Ourselves Possible Rich
The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.
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Human Philosophy Spiritual
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life – and only then will I be free to become myself.
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Acknowledgement Death Freedom Life Myself
We are too late for the gods and too early for Being.
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Existence God Human
There is no such thing as an empty word, only one that is worn out yet remains full.
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Empty Oneself Philosophy
When I spoke of “beauty”, I was thinking of Rilke’s notion that the beautiful is nothing but the beginning of the terrible, and of Hölderlin’s idea that the beautiful can unite extreme opposites in intimacy.
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Beautiful Beginning Myself
Only he who already understands can listen.
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Himself Listen Understand
Only a god can save us.
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God One Liner Save
Understanding of being is itself a determination of being of Da-sein.
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Determination Understand
No historical movement can leap outside of history and start from scratch.
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History Start
On this “way,” if to keep falling down and getting up can be called a way.
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Failure Fall
All the poems of the poet who has entered into his poethood are poems of homecoming.
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Poem Poet Writing
Nothing religious is ever destroyed by logic; it is destroyed only by the god’s withdrawal.
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Destroy God Logic Philosophy Religious
Being the rational animal, man must be capable of thinking if he really wants to. Still, it may be that man wants to think, but cannot.
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Animal Man Philosophy Thinking
Being is essentially different from a being, from beings.
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Different Existence Philosophy

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