"From Gadamer I learned that to understand a given thinker requires one to presuppose that he is right."

"In Wahrheit gehört die Geschichte nicht uns, sondern wir gehören ihr. Lange bevor wir uns in der Rückbesinnung selber…"

"We cannot understand without wanting to understand, that is, without wanting to let something be said. It would be an…"

"Das Kunstwerk, das etwas sagt, konfrontiert uns mit uns selbst. Das will sagen, es sagt etwas aus, das so, wie es da …"

"The language of art is constituted precisely by the fact that it speaks to the self-understanding of every person, an…"

"Understanding does not occur when we try to intercept what someone wants to say to us by claiming we already know it."

"Nothing exists except through language."

"The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows that from the forgetfulness of …"

"[Although the natural sciences are indispensable to human survival,] this does not mean that people would be able to …"

"People cannot live without hope; this is one of the statements I can defend without any reservations."