The senses do not enable us to cognize any entity in its Being; they merely serve to announce the ways in which 'external' Things within-the-world are useful or harmful for human creatures encumbered with bodies....they tell us nothing about entities in their Being.

But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history.

Language is the house of the truth of Being.

The word "art" does not designate the concept of a mere eventuality; it is a concept of rank.

Profound boredom, drifting here and there in the abysses of our existence like a muffling fog, removes all things and men and oneself along with it into a remarkable indifference. This boredom reveals being as a whole.

he who thinks great thoughts often makes great errors

There is no such thing as an empty word, only one that is worn out yet remains full.