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).

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  Virtue, Relation, Humans

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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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• 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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• 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.

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  Neighbor, Meaning Of Love, Command

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

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

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  Relationship, Space, Sacred

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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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• 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.

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  Christian, Religious, Mean

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

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  Heart, Way, Should

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• We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say.

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  Learning, Mean, Whole

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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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• All actual life is encounter.

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  Empathy, Encounters, Life Is

  Martin Buber (2013). “I and Thou”, p.82, eBookIt.com

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• To love God truly, one must first love man. And if anyone tells you that he loves God and does not love his fellow-man, you will know that he is lying.

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  Lying, First Love, Men

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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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• When a man has made peace within himself, he will be able to make peace in the whole world.

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  Men, World, Able

  Martin Buber (2015). “Hasidism and Modern Man”, p.75, Princeton University Press

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