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Martin Buber quotes: All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
Martin Buber quotes: This is the risk: the primary word can only be spoken with the whole being. He who gives himself to it may withhold nothing of himself. This is the risk: the primary word can only be spoken with the whole being. He who gives himself to it may withhold nothing of himself.
Martin Buber quotes: No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides. No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.
Martin Buber quotes: All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him. All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him.
Martin Buber quotes: The basic word I-You can only be spoken with one's whole being. The basic word I-It can never be spoken with one's whole being. The basic word I-You can only be spoken with one's whole being. The basic word I-It can never be spoken with one's whole being.
Martin Buber quotes: The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda. The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.
Martin Buber quotes: The prophet is appointed to oppose the kind, and even more: history. The prophet is appointed to oppose the kind, and even more: history.
Martin Buber quotes: Play is the exultation of the possible. Play is the exultation of the possible.
Martin Buber quotes: Nothing so tends to mask the face of God as religion; it can be a substitute for God himself. Nothing so tends to mask the face of God as religion; it can be a substitute for God himself.
Martin Buber quotes: The beating heart of the universe is holy joy. The beating heart of the universe is holy joy.
Martin Buber quotes: We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say. We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say.
Martin Buber quotes: Through the Thou a person becomes I. Through the Thou a person becomes I.
Martin Buber quotes: The perpetual enemy of faith in the true God is not atheism (the claim that there is no God), but rather Gnosticism (the claim that God is known). The perpetual enemy of faith in the true God is not atheism (the claim that there is no God), but rather Gnosticism (the claim that God is known).
Martin Buber quotes: The true meaning of love one's neighbor is not that it is a command from God which we are to fulfill, but that through it and in it we meet The true meaning of love one's neighbor is not that it is a command from God which we are to fulfill, but that through it and in it we meet God.
Martin Buber quotes: Power abdicates only under stress of counter-power. Power abdicates only under stress of counter-power.
Martin Buber quotes: He who loves brings God and the World together. He who loves brings God and the World together.
Martin Buber quotes: Everything is full of sacramental substance, everything. Each thing and each function is ever ready to light up into a sacrament. Everything is full of sacramental substance, everything. Each thing and each function is ever ready to light up into a sacrament.
Martin Buber quotes: Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons. Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons.
Martin Buber quotes: Freedom and destiny are solemnly promised to one another and linked together in meaning. Freedom and destiny are solemnly promised to one another and linked together in meaning.
Martin Buber quotes: The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings. The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.
Martin Buber quotes: To produce is to draw forth, to invent is to find, to shape is to discover ... To produce is to draw forth, to invent is to find, to shape is to discover ...
Martin Buber quotes: Every journey has a secret destination of which the traveller is unaware. Every journey has a secret destination of which the traveller is unaware.
Martin Buber quotes: Without being and remaining oneself, there is no love. Without being and remaining oneself, there is no love.
Martin Buber quotes: God made so many different kinds of people; why would God allow only one way to worship? God made so many different kinds of people; why would God allow only one way to worship?
Martin Buber quotes: It is not the nature of the task, but its consecration, that is the vital thing. It is not the nature of the task, but its consecration, that is the vital thing.
Martin Buber quotes: Meet the world with the fullness of your being, and you shall meet God. Of you wish to believe, love. Meet the world with the fullness of your being, and you shall meet God. Of you wish to believe, love.
Martin Buber quotes: Only men who are capable of saying Thou [an attitude of deep respect] to one another can truly say we with one another. Only men who are capable of saying Thou [an attitude of deep respect] to one another can truly say we with one another.
Martin Buber quotes: The tradition of the camp fire faces that of the pyramid. The tradition of the camp fire faces that of the pyramid.
Martin Buber quotes: All real living is meeting. All real living is meeting.
Martin Buber quotes: If you cannot get across it, you must get across it, nevertheless. If you cannot get across it, you must get across it, nevertheless.
Martin Buber quotes: For God does not want to be believed in, to be debated and defended by us, but simply to be realized through us. For God does not want to be believed in, to be debated and defended by us, but simply to be realized through us.
Martin Buber quotes: Eclipse of the light of heaven, eclipse of God - such indeed is the character of the historic hour through which the world is now passing Eclipse of the light of heaven, eclipse of God - such indeed is the character of the historic hour through which the world is now passing
Martin Buber quotes: Nothing can doom man but the belief in doom, for this prevents the movement of return. Nothing can doom man but the belief in doom, for this prevents the movement of return.
Martin Buber quotes: I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human face looking at I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human face looking at me
Martin Buber quotes: To him who knows how to read the legend, it conveys more truth than the chronicle. To him who knows how to read the legend, it conveys more truth than the chronicle.
Martin Buber quotes: The I of the basic word I-Thou is different from that of the basic word I-It. The I of the basic word I-Thou is different from that of the basic word I-It.
Martin Buber quotes: If a person kills a tree before its time, it is like having murdered a soul.-Rabbi Nachman If a person kills a tree before its time, it is like having murdered a soul.-Rabbi Nachman
Martin Buber quotes: It was from Buber's other writings that I learned what could also be found in I and Thou: the central commandment to make the secular sacred. It was from Buber's other writings that I learned what could also be found in I and Thou: the central commandment to make the secular sacred.
Martin Buber quotes: And if there were a devil it would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision. And if there were a devil it would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision.
Martin Buber quotes: The salvation of man does not lie in his holding himself far removed from the worldly, but in consecrating it to holy, to divine meaning. The salvation of man does not lie in his holding himself far removed from the worldly, but in consecrating it to holy, to divine meaning.
Martin Buber quotes: Everyone has in him something precious that is in no one else. Everyone has in him something precious that is in no one else.
Martin Buber quotes: Everyone must come out of his Exile in his own way. Everyone must come out of his Exile in his own way.
Martin Buber quotes: Rabbi Heshel said: "A man should be like a vessel that willingly receives what its owner pours into it, whether it be wine or vinegar. Rabbi Heshel said: "A man should be like a vessel that willingly receives what its owner pours into it, whether it be wine or vinegar.
Martin Buber quotes: In the beginning was the relationship. In the beginning was the relationship.
Martin Buber quotes: On a higher level we find fictions that men eagerly believe, regardless of the evidence, because they gratify some wish. On a higher level we find fictions that men eagerly believe, regardless of the evidence, because they gratify some wish.
Martin Buber quotes: One cannot in the nature of things expect a little tree that has been turned into a club to put forth leaves. One cannot in the nature of things expect a little tree that has been turned into a club to put forth leaves.
Martin Buber quotes: The only possible relationship with God is to address him and to be addressed by him, here and now - or, as Buber puts it, in the present. The only possible relationship with God is to address him and to be addressed by him, here and now - or, as Buber puts it, in the present.
Martin Buber quotes: An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.
Martin Buber quotes: The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God. The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.
Martin Buber quotes: Solitude is the place of purification. Solitude is the place of purification.
Martin Buber quotes: God cannot be seen, but He can listened to and spoken to! God cannot be seen, but He can listened to and spoken to!
Martin Buber quotes: We should also pray for the wicked among the peoples of the world; we should love them too. We should also pray for the wicked among the peoples of the world; we should love them too.
Martin Buber quotes: One who truly meets the world goes out also to God. One who truly meets the world goes out also to God.
Martin Buber quotes: I don't like religion much, and I am glad that in the Bible the word is not to be found. I don't like religion much, and I am glad that in the Bible the word is not to be found.
Martin Buber quotes: Whoever says You does not have something; he has nothing. But he stands in relation. Whoever says You does not have something; he has nothing. But he stands in relation.
Martin Buber quotes: We may listen to our inner self-and still not know which ocean we hear roaring. We may listen to our inner self-and still not know which ocean we hear roaring.
Martin Buber quotes: A human being becomes whole not in virtue of a relation to himself [only] but rather in virtue of an authentic relation to another human being(s). A human being becomes whole not in virtue of a relation to himself [only] but rather in virtue of an authentic relation to another human being(s).
Martin Buber quotes: A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for. A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.
Martin Buber quotes: The future stands in need of you in order to be born. The future stands in need of you in order to be born.
Martin Buber quotes: Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique. Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
Martin Buber quotes: It pains me to speak of God in the third person. It pains me to speak of God in the third person.
Martin Buber quotes: This is the sacrifice: the endless possibility that is offered up on the altar of the form ... This is the sacrifice: the endless possibility that is offered up on the altar of the form ...
Martin Buber quotes: I'm not sure I can take your advice. You are dealing with English Gentlemen. We are dealing with monsters. I'm not sure I can take your advice. You are dealing with English Gentlemen. We are dealing with monsters.
Martin Buber quotes: Feelings are 'entertained'; love comes to pass. Feelings dwell in man; but man dwells in his love. Feelings are 'entertained'; love comes to pass. Feelings dwell in man; but man dwells in his love.
Martin Buber quotes: The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me. The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me.
Martin Buber quotes: Inscrutably involved, we live in the currents of universal reciprocity. Inscrutably involved, we live in the currents of universal reciprocity.
Martin Buber quotes: To look away from the world, or to stare at it, does not help a man to reach God; but he who sees the world in Him stands in His To look away from the world, or to stare at it, does not help a man to reach God; but he who sees the world in Him stands in His presence.
Martin Buber quotes: In adolescence students are suddenly turned loose on books worth reading, but generally don't know how to read them. In adolescence students are suddenly turned loose on books worth reading, but generally don't know how to read them.
Martin Buber quotes: God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings. God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.
Martin Buber quotes: To begin with oneself but not to end with onself. To start from oneself but not to aim at oneself. To begin with oneself but not to end with onself. To start from oneself but not to aim at oneself.
Martin Buber quotes: One need ask only 'What for? What am I to unify my being for?' The reply is: Not for my own sake. One need ask only 'What for? What am I to unify my being for?' The reply is: Not for my own sake.
Martin Buber quotes: True beings are lived in the present, the life of objects is lived in the past. True beings are lived in the present, the life of objects is lived in the past.
Martin Buber quotes: Creation is not a hurdle on the road to God, it is the road itself. Creation is not a hurdle on the road to God, it is the road itself.
Martin Buber quotes: One must be truly able to say I in order to know the mystery of the Thou in its whole truth. One must be truly able to say I in order to know the mystery of the Thou in its whole truth.
Martin Buber quotes: God is the "mysterium tremendum," that appears and overthrows, but he is also the mystery of the self-evident, nearer to me than my I. God is the "mysterium tremendum," that appears and overthrows, but he is also the mystery of the self-evident, nearer to me than my I.
Martin Buber quotes: To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin. To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin.
Martin Buber quotes: Feeling one "has"; love occurs. Feeling one "has"; love occurs.
Martin Buber quotes: Everything depends on inner change; when this has taken place, then, and only then does the world change. Everything depends on inner change; when this has taken place, then, and only then does the world change.
Martin Buber quotes: Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos. Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos.
Martin Buber quotes: Our relationships live in the space between us which is sacred. Our relationships live in the space between us which is sacred.
Martin Buber quotes: What is manifold is often frightening because it is not neat and simple. Men prefer to forget how many possibilities are open to them. What is manifold is often frightening because it is not neat and simple. Men prefer to forget how many possibilities are open to them.
Martin Buber quotes: When I meet a man, I am not concerned about his opinions. I am concerned about the man. When I meet a man, I am not concerned about his opinions. I am concerned about the man.
Martin Buber quotes: Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya? Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya?
Martin Buber quotes: We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves. We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves.
Martin Buber quotes: When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them. When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.
Martin Buber quotes: The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes. The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
Martin Buber quotes: You should carefully observe the way toward which your heart draws you, then choose this way with all your strength. You should carefully observe the way toward which your heart draws you, then choose this way with all your strength.
Martin Buber quotes: So long as you "have" yourself, have yourself as an object, your experience of man is only as of a thing among things. So long as you "have" yourself, have yourself as an object, your experience of man is only as of a thing among things.
Martin Buber quotes: As I actualize, I uncover. As I actualize, I uncover.
Martin Buber quotes: There is no room for God in him who is full of himself. There is no room for God in him who is full of himself.
Martin Buber quotes: Love is responsibility of an I for a You: in this consists what cannot consist in any feeling - the equality of all lovers.. Love is responsibility of an I for a You: in this consists what cannot consist in any feeling - the equality of all lovers..
Martin Buber quotes: I think no human being can give more than this. Making life possible for the other, if only for a moment. I think no human being can give more than this. Making life possible for the other, if only for a moment.
Martin Buber quotes: The perfection of any matter, the highest or the lowest, touches on the divine. The perfection of any matter, the highest or the lowest, touches on the divine.
Martin Buber quotes: All actual life is encounter. All actual life is encounter.

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