"Every person born into the world represents something……" — Martin Buber
"Every person born into the world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique....If there had been someone like her in the world, there would have been no need for her to be born." --Martin Buber as quoted in Narrative Means for Sober Ends, by Jon Diamond, p.78"
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90 Quotes by Martin Buber
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All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
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A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has…
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The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.
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Play is the exultation of the possible.
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I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open…
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An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.
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The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
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To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin.
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God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.
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There are people of spirit and there are people of passion, both less common than one might think. Rarer still…
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