Dwelling is not primarily inhabiting but taking care of and creating that space within which something comes into its own and flourishes.
Interpretation
Dwelling goes beyond mere occupation of a space; it involves nurturing an environment for growth and development.
Heidegger's quote suggests that true dwelling is about more than just living in a physical space; it is about fostering a nurturing atmosphere where both individuals and ideas can thrive. This reflects a deeper connection to our surroundings and emphasizes the role of care and creativity in our relationship with the places we inhabit.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about community development and the importance of creating supportive environments.
Celebration... is self restraint, is attentiveness, is questioning, is meditating, is awaiting, is the step over into the more wakeful glimpse of the wonder - the wonder that a world is worlding around us at all, that there are beings rather than nothing, that things are and we ourselves are in their midst, that we ourselves are and yet barely know who we are, and barely know that we do not know all this.
Transcendence constitutes selfhood.
So long as we represent technology as an instrument, we remain held fast in the will to master it.
Everyone is the other and no one is himself.
The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.
Being-alone is a deficient mode of being-with; its possibility is a proof for the latter.
I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of daily life.
My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination? These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them.
The young know how truly difficult and dreadful youth can be. Their youth is wasted on everyone else, that's the horror. The young have no authority, no respect.
The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.
I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God - my daughter to my country.
when the imitation of Christ does not mean to live a life like Christ, but to live your life as authentically as Christ lived his, then there are many ways and forms in which a man can be a Christian.
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