Best Martin Buber Quotes
- I have to tell it again and again: I have no doctrine. I only point out something. I point out reality, I point out something… Been
- One must be truly able to say I in order to know the mystery of the Thou in its whole truth. Able
- We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say. Inspirational
- Our relationships live in the space between us which is sacred. Inspirational
- Eclipse of the light of heaven, eclipse of God - such indeed is the character of the historic hour through which the world is now… Character
- For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in… Conflict
- Creation happens to us, burns into us, changes us, we tremble and swoon, we submit. Creation - we participate in it, we encounter the creator,… Burns
- Everything depends on inner change; when this has taken place, then, and only then does the world change. Change
- When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words, saying, 'Have faith and take your troubles to God.' Act… Act
- Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique. Born
- Dialogic is not to be identified with love. But love without dialogic, without real outgoing to the other, reaching to the other, the love remaining… Called
- Everyone has in him something precious that is in no one else. Everyone
- 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. Appears
- Every journey has a secret destination of which the traveller is unaware. Destination
- I don't like religion much, and I am glad that in the Bible the word is not to be found. Bible
- The beating heart of the universe is holy joy. Beating
- 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… Destiny
- When a man has made peace within himself, he will be able to make peace in the whole world. Able
- God dwells wherever man lets Him in. Dwells
- There is something that can be found in one place. It is a great treasure which may be called the fulfillment of existence. The place… Called
- In spite of all similarities, every living situation has, like a newborn child, a new face, that has never been before and will never come… All
- But when a man draws a lifeless thing into his passionate longing for dialogue, lending it independence and as it were a soul, then there… Business
- Through the Thou a person becomes I. Becomes
- I'm not sure I can take your advice. You are dealing with English Gentlemen. We are dealing with monsters. Advice
- Real faith means holding ourselves open to the unconditional mystery which we encounter in every sphere of our life and which cannot be comprised in… Ability