The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
To be or not to be that is the question.
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
While we wait for life, life passes.
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
Language is the house of Being. In its home man dwells. Those who think and those who create with words are the guardians of this home.
Being is only Being for Dasein.
My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.
There can be miracles when you believe.
Hardships make us strong. Problems give birth to wisdom. Sorrows cultivate compassion. Those who have suffered the most will become the happiest.
We live in the best of all possible worlds.
The question ‘Who am I?’ is not really meant to get an answer, the question ‘Who am I?’ is meant to dissolve the questioner.
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.