“It just is nothing foreign to consciousness at all that could present ...” — Edmund Husserl Quote

“It just is nothing foreign to consciousness at all that could present itself to consciousness through the mediation of phenomena different from the liking itself; to like is intrinsically to be conscious.”

“In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.”

“To every object there correspond an ideally closed system of truths that are true of it and, on the other hand, an ideal system of possible cognitive processes by virtue of which the object and the truths about it would be given to any cognitive subject.”

“I am not conscious of the fact that something special should be done for me.”

“In every book I write, I try to name-check the most prominent influences, or the most prominent conscious influences.”

“Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.”