Existence And Being Heidegger Quotes & Sayings

Once you realize that the universe is made up of processes, not things, you are really on a roll, for what makes life truly interesting are the connections between events. — Silver RavenWolf

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. — Martin Heidegger

But "nowhere" does not mean nothing; rather, region in general lies therein, and disclosedness of the world in general for essentially spatial being-in. Therefore, what is threatening cannot come closer from a definite direction within nearness, it is already "there" - and yet nowhere. It is so near that it is oppressive and takes one's breath - and yet it is nowhere. — Martin Heidegger

The thoughtless habit of using the words "existence" and "exist" as designations for being is one more indication of our estrangement both from being and from a radical, forceful, and definite exegesis of being. — Martin Heidegger

Heidegger's concept for the kind of being we ourselves are is Dasein. Literally it means 'being-there'.We are the sort of beings who are there, in the world. What characterizes Dasein is that its existence is a concern for it in its existence. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

I've never had much notoriety. It's fine with me. — James Harden

She was, as you know already without as yet knowing anything, the Lily of this valley, where she grew for heaven, filling it with the fragrance of her virtues. — Honore De Balzac

When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird. — Minna Antrim

Let him be floored, O Lord, thought Kugel.
Let him be stunned.
Let him be flabber-fucking-gasted. — Shalom Auslander

Out of all the things about me that could frighten you, you worry about my driving. — Stephenie Meyer