But when a man draws a lifeless thing into his passionate longing for dialogue, lending it independence and as it were a… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
We may listen to our inner self-and still not know which ocean we hear roaring. — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
The ones who count are those persons who - though they may be of little renown - respond to and are responsible… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
Religion means goal and way, politics implies end and means. The political end is recognizable by the fact that it may be… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
The biblical passage which says of Abraham and the three visiting angels: "And He stood over them under the tree and they… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
This is the risk: the primary word can only be spoken with the whole being. He who gives himself to it may… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
There is something that can be found in one place. It is a great treasure which may be called the fulfillment of… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
This is the sacrifice: the endless possibility that is offered up on the altar of the form... — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power. ... The great man, whether we comprehend him in the most intense… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
You can rake the muck this way, rake the muck that way-- it will always be muck. Have I sinned or have I not… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
What has to be given up is not the I, as most mystics suppose: this I is indispensable for any relationship, including the highest,… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
To begin with oneself but not to end with onself. To start from oneself but not to aim at oneself. — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware. — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
The concept of guilt is found most powerfully developed even in the most primitive communal forms which we know... the man is guilty who… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
This is the eternal origin of art that a human being confronts a form that wants to become a work through him. Not a… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
