Dwelling is not primarily inhabiting but taking care of and creating that space within which something comes into its own and flourishes.
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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.
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So long as we represent technology as an instrument, we remain held fast in the will to master it.
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The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.
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