Martin Buber Quotes

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• A human being becomes whole not in virtue of a relation to himself [only] but rather in virtue of an authentic relation to another human being(s).

  Martin Buber

  Virtue, Relation, Humans

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• All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

  Martin Buber

  Inspirational, Travel, Freedom

  Martin Buber (2015). “Hasidism and Modern Man”, p.47, Princeton University Press

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• The true meaning of love one's neighbor is not that it is a command from God which we are to fulfill, but that through it and in it we meet God.

  Martin Buber

  Neighbor, Meaning Of Love, Command

  Martin Buber (2013). “On Judaism”, p.212, Schocken

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• Everything depends on inner change; when this has taken place, then, and only then does the world change.

  Martin Buber

  Taken, Doe, World

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• When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.

  Martin Buber

  Love, Two, People

  "Where is God in the Flood?" by Rabbi Avi Strausberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2017.

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• Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.

  Martin Buber

  Unique, World, Something New

  Martin Buber (2015). “Hasidism and Modern Man”, p.66, Princeton University Press

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• The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.

  Martin Buber

  Education, Real, Struggle

  "Encounter with Martin Buber". Book by Aubrey Hodes, 1972.

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• 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 instead as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help -- only yourself.

  Martin Buber

  People, World, Have Faith

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• Human life and humanity come into being in genuine encounters. The hope for this hour depends upon the renewal of the immediacy of dialogue among human beings.

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  Humanity, Encounters, Hours

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• I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.

  Martin Buber

  Knowledge, Learning, Adventure

  "Martin Buber: An Intimate Portrait". Book by Aubrey Hodes, 1971.

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• 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 again. It demands of you a reaction that cannot be prepared beforehand. It demands nothing of what is past. It demands presence, responsibility; it demands you.

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  Children, Responsibility, Past

  Martin Buber (2003). “Between Man and Man”, p.135, Routledge

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• Our relationships live in the space between us which is sacred.

  Martin Buber

  Relationship, Space, Sacred

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• The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.

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  Atheist, Window, Caught

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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 principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.

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  Mean, Men, Principles

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• I think no human being can give more than this. Making life possible for the other, if only for a moment.

  Martin Buber

  Thinking, Giving, Atheism

  Martin Buber, Judith Buber Agassi (1999). “Martin Buber on Psychology and Psychotherapy: Essays, Letters, and Dialogue”, p.261, Syracuse University Press

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• 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 any formula. Real faith means the ability to endure life in the face of this mystery.

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  Real, Mean, Spheres

  Martin Buber (1997). “Israel and the World: Essays in a Time of Crisis”, p.49, Syracuse University Press

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• We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves.

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  Empathy, Redeemed

  Martin Buber (2013). “Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings”, p.64, Routledge

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• Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church. What better way to conceal one's evil from oneself, as well as from others, than to be a deacon or some other highly visible form of Christian within our culture? ... I do not mean to imply that the evil are anything other than a small minority among the religious or that the religious motives of most people are in any way spurious. I mean only that evil people tend to gravitate toward piety for the disguise and concealment it can offer them.

  Martin Buber

  Christian, Religious, Mean

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• There is no room for God in him who is full of himself.

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  Humility, Rooms

  Martin Buber (1947). “Martin Buber's Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings”, Citadel Press

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• If you want to raise a man from mud and filth, do not think it is enough to stay on top and reach a helping hand down to him. You must go all the way down yourself, down into mud and filth. Then take hold of him with strong hands and pull him and yourself out into the light.

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  Strong, Men, Thinking

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• All real living is meeting.

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  Life And Love, Real, Meetings

  Martin Buber (2012). “I and Thou”, p.23, eBookIt.com

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• Man is like a tree. If you stand in front of a tree and watch it incessantly, to see how it grows, and to see how much it has grown, you will see nothing at all. But tend it at all times, prune the runners and keep it free of beetles and worms, and all in good time-it will come into its growth. It is the same with man: all that is necessary is for him to overcome his obstacles, and he will thrive and grow. But it is not right to examine him hour after hour to see how much has already been added to his stature.

  Martin Buber

  Men, Tree, After Hours

  Martin Buber (2002). “Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings”, p.59, Psychology Press

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• In the beginning was the relationship.

  Martin Buber

  Empathy

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• You should carefully observe the way toward which your heart draws you, then choose this way with all your strength.

  Martin Buber

  Heart, Way, Should

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• Every morning, I shall concern myself anew about the boundary, Between the love-deed-Yes and the power-deed-No, And pressing forward honor reality. We cannot avoid, Using power, Cannot escape the compulsion, To afflict the world, So let us, cautious in diction, And mighty in contradiction, Love powerfully.

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  Life, Morning, Reality

  "Power and Love". Poem by Martin Buber, 1926.

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