Historical Quote by Martin Buber Download Open image “The prophet is appointed to oppose the kind, and even more: history.” — Martin Buber ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Historical History Inspirational Kind Kindness Prophet
A prophet is always much wider than his followers, much more liberal than those who label themselves with his name. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
“The prophets never taught that God and history are one, or that whatever happens below reflects the will of God above. Their vision is… — Abraham Heschel Copy Share Image
The "prophets" were what we would call dissident intellectuals. They provided critical geopolitical analysis, condemned the crimes of the powerful, called for justice and mercy for those who needed help, etc. I wouldn't personally endorse everything they said, any more than I would for critics of power and its crimes today. But rather generally I think they played an honorable… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
People have set that up as a standard, not to recognize a prophet in his own country. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
According to the world standards, following the prophet may be unpopular, politically incorrect or socially unacceptable, but following the prophet is always right. — Carol F. McConkie Copy Share Image
A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people. — Sun Ra Copy Share Image
I am not a prophet in any sense of the word, and I entertain an active and intense dislike of the foregoing mixture of… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
“A prophet is one who sees what is happening and being done in the present that they can tell us what will happen to… — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
Prophet just means intellectual. They were people giving geopolitical analysis, moral lessons, that sort of thing. We call them intellectuals today. There were the people we honor as prophets, there were the people we condemn as false prophets. But if you look at the biblical record, at the time, it was the other way around. The flatterers of the Court… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
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 activity of his work or in the restful equipoise of his forces , is powerful, involuntarily and composedly powerful, but he is not avid for power. What he is avid for is the realization of what… — Martin Buber Copy Share
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 violates one of the original laws which dominate the society and which are mostly derived from a divine founder; the boy who is accepted into the tribal community and learns its laws, which bind him thenceforth,… — Martin Buber Copy Share
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
I always believed that photography was subjective, interpretive and certainly did not represent the truth, but I did think that its status as a… — Fred Ritchin Copy Share Image
My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it… — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
Curiously, the righteous Pharisees had little historical impact, save for a brief time in a remote corner of the Roman Empire. But Jesus' disciples… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Charlotte Richmond says of herself: “I have few ladylike accomplishments. I cannot sing, I cannot draw, I cannot play the pianoforte or the harp… — Nicola Slade Copy Share Image
“While taste conveys the complexity of life, a good chef should keep in mind that food can have a meaning that is often not apparent but affects the palate nonetheless. For example, the "A1 sauce" is now very popular in America. I have tried it. It is very good. What is not understood is that when one takes a bite… — N.M. Kelby Copy Share
“Whatever befalls us, we will endure it together. I clutch my longbow and dagger close to my side. My last thoughts linger on my… — Mark Noce Copy Share Image
The more subsidized it is, the less free it is. What is known as 'free education' is the least free of all, for it… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
Instinct is like Nature herself - prodigiously conservative, and yet transcending her own historical conditions in her acts of creation. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
I sometimes wish taste wasn't ever an issue, and the sounds of instruments or synths could be judged solely on their colour and timbre.… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
