Philosophy will not be able to effect an immediate transformation of the present condition of the world. This is not only true of philosophy, but of all merely human thought and endeavor.

Nothing is everything that doesn't happen at this very moment.

Being is an issue for one.

The small are always dependent on the great; they are "small" precisely because they think they are independent. The great thinker is one who can hear what is greatest in the work of other "greats" and who can transform it in an original manner.

Understanding of being is itself a determination of being of Da-sein.

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

To think is to confine yourself to a single thought that one day stands still like a star in the world's sky.