222 Quotes by Martin Buber

What is it that is eternal: the primal phenomenon, present in the here and now, of what we call revelation? It is man's emerging from the moment of the supreme encounter, being no longer the same as he was when entering into it.

Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power. ... The great man, whether we comprehend him in the most intense activity of his work or in the restful equipoise of his forces , is powerful, involuntarily and composedly powerful, but he is not avid for power. What he is avid for is the realization of what he has in mind , the incarnation of the spirit .

Love is responsibility of an I for a You: in this consists what cannot consist in any feeling - the equality of all lovers..

Read the Bible as though it were something entirely unfamiliar, as though it had not been set before you ready-made. Face the book with a new attitude as something new.

Every journey has a secret destination of which the traveller is unaware.

One cannot in the nature of things expect a little tree that has been turned into a club to put forth leaves.

Creation happens to us, burns into us, changes us, we tremble and swoon, we submit. Creation - we participate in it, we encounter the creator, offer ourselves to him, helpers and companions.

The beating heart of the universe is holy joy.

Play is the exultation of the possible.