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Yet on this second charge, of incomprehensibility, he does have a kind of defense. Everyday language reflects our everyday ways of seeing. But Heidegger wants to slide his fingernails under the most basic elements of existence—the things we barely notice because they’re so familiar—so as to prize them away for our inspection. That means making things unfamiliar, using unfamiliar terms. So you stumble and trip over his writing, but sometimes, as a consequence, you bang your head against reality.
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman
Lack of time is lack of priorities. If I’m “busy,” it is because I’ve made choices that put me in that position, so I’ve forbidden myself to reply to “How are you?” with “Busy.” I have no right to complain. Instead, if I’m too busy, it’s a cue to reexamine my systems and rules.
Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss
I DON’T MEAN TO BRAG about any of this. A real danger in practice is to seek, then become proud of, our “awakenings.” The Tibetan master Chogyam Trungpa dubbed it “spiritual materialism,” and it’s just another form of self-serving egotism.
One Blade of Grass
Henry Shukman
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