Martin Heidegger Quotes
Dwelling is not primarily inhabiting but taking care of and creating that space within which something comes into its own and flourishes.
Quotes to Explore
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We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
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As a parent, it's my responsibility to equip my child to do this - to grieve when grief is necessary and to realize that life is still profoundly beautiful and worth living despite the fact that we inevitably lose one another and that life ends, and we don't know what happens after death.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is to do lots of good work.
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Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.
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I miss Broadway, what little there is on Broadway now.
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Vanity is as old as the mammoth.
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I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.
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I have met with hundreds of young fashion designers, hundreds of fashion startups, hundreds of CEOs and business leaders. All I do is get to ask questions of professionals in the industry. I learn from every conversation. It is the best education I could have.
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Wearing modest clothing is a belief, and I'm not going to say that every Muslim woman is in my shoes, but the majority of us do have a choice.
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Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
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[On John Brown:] The poor wretch is hanged, but from his grave a root of bitterness will spring, the fruit of which at no distant day may be disunion and civil war.
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I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves; in pride of lineage so great as to despise no man's father; in pride of race so chivalrous as neither to offer bastardy to the weak nor beg wedlock of the strong, knowing that men may be brothers in Christ, even though they be not brothers-in-law.
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"Is it possible to both want and not want something at the same time? For desire to ride with fear?
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All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.
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I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors. If they have something to say, they will sooner or later find readers; if not, they won’t. . . . I very much love those mysterious volumes, both ancient and modern, that have no definite author but have had and continue to have an intense life of their own. They seem to me a sort of nighttime miracle, like the gifts of the Befana, which I waited for as a child. . . . True miracles are the ones whose makers will never be known. . . . Besides, isn’t it true that promotion is expensive? I will be the least expensive author of the publishing house. I’ll spare you even my presence.
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Finding one's voice - or creating a narrative voice that has the power to carry your story - is the hardest part.
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Nature has a way of taking care of things. If you have a certain figure you'll go back to it. Breast feed and don't worry about it.
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Dwelling is not primarily inhabiting but taking care of and creating that space within which something comes into its own and flourishes.
