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Martin Buber Quotes

Martin Buber quotes about world

Deutsch Philosopher February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965

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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. Martin Buber
When I confront a human being as my Thou and speak the basic word I-Thou to him, then he is no thing among things nor does he consist of things. He is no longer He or She, a dot in the world grid of space and time, nor a condition to be experienced and described, a loose bundle of named qualities. Neighborless and seamless, he is Thou and fills the firmament. Not as if there were nothing but he; but everything else lives in his light. Martin Buber
To look away from the world, or to stare at it, does not help a man to reach God; but he who sees the world in Him stands in His presence. Martin Buber
Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya? Martin Buber
Every person born into the world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique....If there had been someone like her in the world, there would have been no need for her to be born." --Martin Buber as quoted in Narrative Means for Sober Ends, by Jon Diamond, p.78 Martin Buber
Martin Buber quote: "The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable:..."
The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings. Martin Buber
Martin Buber quote: "Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived."
Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. Martin Buber

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