"Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power." — Martin Buber
"Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power."
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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 Abdicates Quotes
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one of 10 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is…
— Marcel Proust
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All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power…
— Frank Chodorov
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The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of…
— Frank Chodorov
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A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Power abdicates only under stress of counter-power.
— Martin Buber
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Machines are admirable and tyrannize only with the user's consent. Where, then, is the enemy? Not where the machine gives…
— Jacques Barzun
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If man--if each one of us--abdicates his responsibilities with regard to values; if each one of us limits himself to…
— Jacques Ellul
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The wise man, the sage, is hostile to the new. Disabused, he abdicates: that is his form of protest.
— Emile M. Cioran
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Every man builds his world in his own image; he has the power to choose, but no power to escape…
— Ayn Rand
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