222 Quotes by Martin Buber

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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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    And if there were a devil it would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision.

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    God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.

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

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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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    A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.

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    God is the "mysterium tremendum," that appears and overthrows, but he is also the mystery of the self-evident, nearer to me than my I.

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    The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.

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