222 Quotes by Martin Buber

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.

We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience

Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos.Persons appear byentering into relationwith other persons.

The basic word I-Thou can be spoken only with one's whole being. The concentration and fusion into a whole being can never be accomplished by me, can never be accomplished without me. I require a Thou to become; becoming I, I say Thou.

When I meet a man, I am not concerned about his opinions. I am concerned about the man.

We may listen to our inner self-and still not know which ocean we hear roaring.

It pains me to speak of God in the third person.

Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived.

The tradition of the camp fire faces that of the pyramid.