"It is usual to think of good and……" — Martin Buber
"It is usual to think of good and evil as two poles, two opposite directions, the antithesis of one another...We must begin by doing away with this convention."
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90 Quotes by Martin Buber
Martin Buber has 90 quotes on this site.
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Solitude is the place of purification.
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There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the…
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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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More Antithesis Quotes
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one of 81 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Al-Qa'ida is the antithesis of the peace, tolerance and humanity that is at the heart of Islam.
— John O. Brennan
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The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of…
— Michael Shermer
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Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it…
— Aaron Copland
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Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Perfection is the antithesis of authenticity.
— Willie Garson
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Everything contains its antithesis.
— Juliet Stevenson
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Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense…
— Aravind Adiga
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A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the…
— Frank Herbert
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I am so stupid that I cannot understand philosophy; the antithesis of this is that philosophy is so clever that…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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My landscapes are not only beautiful, or nostalgic, with a Romantic or classical suggestion of lost Paradises, but above all…
— Gerhard Richter
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... Michael Bloomfield was the antithesis of a collector ... he didn't care how old a guitar was; all he…
— Unknown Author
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Now the relation which, in the sphere of nature, being and semblance or sensation bear to one another in this…
— Friedrich Schleiermacher
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