Martin Heidegger Quotes

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

I know that the purpose of life is to understand and be in the present moment with the people you love. It's just that simple.

I travel so much and am always living out of a suitcase, so my favorite saying is 'Wherever you go, there you are'. I love it because it's reassuring to me that you have to live in the moment wherever you happen to be.

When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, 'How much there is in the world I do not want.'

I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

This life that has been given to us as a gift, as such a precious gift. To really try to understand it, really try to recognize it, is the greatest meditation. Through the media of this Knowledge we can tap into our inner sources that are so beautiful.

My main hope for myself is to be where I am.

One of the things I noticed in my career that gave me a lot of happiness early on was realising we don't have any control.

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record of it needs to be kept and you don't need someone to share it with or tell it to. When that happens — that letting go — you let go because you can.

Without our stories, we are not only able to act clearly and fearlessly, we are also a friend, a listener. We are people living happy lives. We are appreciation and gratitude that have become as natural as breath itself. Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know and that we already have everything we need, right here now.

Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.

If i can't have what i want . . . then my job is to want what i've got and be satisfied that at least there is something more to want

If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.

What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?

So being present becomes more and more the exercise the older you get.

I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.

I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself. Learning life's lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be.