Martin Buber Quotes

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

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  Unique, World, Something New

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

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

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  Taken, Doe, World

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

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  Inspirational, Travel, Freedom

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

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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).

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  Virtue, Relation, Humans

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

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  Education, Real, Struggle

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

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

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  Love, Two, People

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

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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.

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  People, World, Have Faith

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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.

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  Knowledge, Learning, Adventure

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

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

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  Relationship, Space, Sacred

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• In the beginning was the relationship.

  Martin Buber

  Empathy

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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.

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  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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• 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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• 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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• God made so many different kinds of people; why would God allow only one way to worship?

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  Humility, People, Tolerance

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• Everyone has in him something precious that is in no one else.

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  Strength

  Martin Buber (2015). “Hasidism and Modern Man”, p.68, Princeton University Press

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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.

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  Men, Tree, After Hours

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

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• To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin.

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  Aging, Glorious, Ifs

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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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  Love, World

  Martin Buber (1958). “To Hallow this Life: An Anthology”

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