This is the risk: the primary word can only be spoken with the whole being. He who gives himself to it may withhold nothing of himself. Martin Buber More Quotes by Martin Buber More Quotes From Martin Buber When we rise out of [the night] into the new life and there begin to receive the signs, what can we know of that which - of him who gives them to us? Only what we experience from time to time from the signs themselves. If we name the speaker of this speech God, then it is always the God of a moment, a moment God. Martin Buber names giving night As I actualize, I uncover. Martin Buber The prophet is appointed to oppose the kind, and even more: history. Martin Buber historical kind kindness One who truly meets the world goes out also to God. Martin Buber world As long as the firmament of the You is spread over me, the tempests of causality cower at my heels, and whirl of doom congeals. Martin Buber tempest causality long 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 doe men looks To produce is to draw forth, to invent is to find, to shape is to discover. Martin Buber produce shapes discovery This is the sacrifice: the endless possibility that is offered up on the altar of the form. Martin Buber possibility sacrifice form God can be addressed, but not expressed. Martin Buber
