Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.

Spiritual superiority [consists in] deep dedication ... in the form of the most rigorous training, as commitment, resistance, solitude, and love.

As the ego cogito, subjectivity is the consciousness that represents something, relates this representation back to itself, and so gathers with itself.

he who thinks great thoughts often makes great errors

The song still remains which names the land over which it sings.

To be a poet in a destitute time means: to attend, singing, to the trace of the fugitive gods. This is why the poet in the time of the world's night utters the holy.

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