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Small: Matrimony the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented
"Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means
"Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: It is extremely difficult for a Jew to be converted, for how can he bring himself to believe in the divinity o
"It is extremely difficult for a Jew to be converted, for how can he bring himself to believe in the divinity of - another Jew?"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to get a man
"It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to get a man"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress
"In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles.
"In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world
"If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: I will not say that women have no character rather, they have a new one every day
"I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses
"I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom
"I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle
"I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: Human misery is too great for men to do without faith
"Human misery is too great for men to do without faith"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: He only profits from praise who values criticism
"He only profits from praise who values criticism"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: God will forgive me thats his business
"God will forgive me; that's his business"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion
"Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy, and death
"Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy, and death"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ
"Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: Atheism is the last word of theism
"Atheism is the last word of theism"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: Ask me not what I have, but what I am
"Ask me not what I have, but what I am"
Heinrich Heine, Poet
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Small: Time-space as commonly understood, in the sense of the distance measured between two time-points, is the resul
Martin Heidegger
"Time-space as commonly understood, in the sense of the distance measured between two time-points, is the result of time calculation"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: Time is not a thing, thus nothing which is, and yet it remains constant in its passing away without being some
Martin Heidegger
"Time is not a thing, thus nothing which is, and yet it remains constant in its passing away without being something temporal like the beings in time"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is the stiff-necked adver
Martin Heidegger
"Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is the stiff-necked adversary of thought"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: The possible ranks higher than the actual
Martin Heidegger
"The possible ranks higher than the actual"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking
Martin Heidegger
"The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: The human body is essentially something other than an animal organism
Martin Heidegger
"The human body is essentially something other than an animal organism"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being
Martin Heidegger
"The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being
Martin Heidegger
"The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: Only a god can save us
Martin Heidegger
"Only a god can save us"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: Man is not the lord of beings. Man is the shepherd of Being
Martin Heidegger
"Man is not the lord of beings. Man is the shepherd of Being"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man
Martin Heidegger
"Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: Making itself intelligible is suicide for philosophy
Martin Heidegger
"Making itself intelligible is suicide for philosophy"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: Language is the house of the truth of Being
Martin Heidegger
"Language is the house of the truth of Being"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of dea
Martin Heidegger
"If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one
Martin Heidegger
"Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history
Martin Heidegger
"But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: Being and time determine each other reciprocally, but in such a manner that neither can the former - Being - b
Martin Heidegger
"Being and time determine each other reciprocally, but in such a manner that neither can the former - Being - be addressed as something temporal nor can the latter - time - be addressed as a being"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: As the ego cogito, subjectivity is the consciousness that represents something, relates this representation ba
Martin Heidegger
"As the ego cogito, subjectivity is the consciousness that represents something, relates this representation back to itself, and so gathers with itself"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: Agriculture is now a motorized food industry, the same thing in its essence as the production of corpses in th
Martin Heidegger
"Agriculture is now a motorized food industry, the same thing in its essence as the production of corpses in the gas chambers and the extermination camps, the same thing as blockades and the reduction of countries to famine, the same thing as the manufacture of hydrogen bombs"
Martin Heidegger, Philosopher
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Small: The power of the people and the power of reason are one
Georg Buchner
"The power of the people and the power of reason are one"
Georg Buchner, Dramatist
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Small: Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another
"Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another"
Jean Paul, Author
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