To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin. Martin Buber More Quotes by Martin Buber More Quotes From Martin Buber Man wishes to be confirmed in his being by man, and wishes to have a presence in the being of the other…. Secretly and bashfully he watches for a YES which allows him to be and which can come to him only from one human person to another. Martin Buber empathywishmen We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say. Martin Buber learningwholemean To begin with oneself but not to end with onself. To start from oneself but not to aim at oneself. Martin Buber aimoneselfends Meet the world with the fullness of your being, and you shall meet God. Of you wish to believe, love. Martin Buber wishbelieveworld Solitude is the place of purification. Martin Buber singleinspirationfaith If you want to raise a man from mud and filth, do not think it is enough to stay on top and reach a helping hand down to him. You must go all the way down yourself, down into mud and filth. Then take hold of him with strong hands and pull him and yourself out into the light. Martin Buber strongmenthinking Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons. Martin Buber enteringpersonsrelation He who loves brings God and the World together. Martin Buber togetherworld Man is like a tree. If you stand in front of a tree and watch it incessantly, to see how it grows, and to see how much it has grown, you will see nothing at all. But tend it at all times, prune the runners and keep it free of beetles and worms, and all in good time-it will come into its growth. It is the same with man: all that is necessary is for him to overcome his obstacles, and he will thrive and grow. But it is not right to examine him hour after hour to see how much has already been added to his stature. Martin Buber after-hourstreemen I don't like religion much, and I am glad that in the Bible the word is not to be found. Martin Buber foundgladreligion To love God truly, one must first love man. And if anyone tells you that he loves God and does not love his fellow-man, you will know that he is lying. Martin Buber first-lovemenlying The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings. Martin Buber loveworld Feelings dwell in man; but man dwells in his love. That is no metaphor, but the actual truth. Love does not cling to the I in such a way as to have the Thou only for its " content," its object; but love is between I and Thou. The man who does not know this, with his very being know this, does not know love; even though he ascribes to it the feelings he lives through, experiences, enjoys, and expresses. Martin Buber feelingslove-ismen Everyone has in him something precious that is in no one else. Martin Buber strength Everyone must come out of his Exile in his own way. Martin Buber exileway There is no room for God in him who is full of himself. Martin Buber humilityrooms The historical religions have the tendency to become ends in themselves, and, as it were, to put themselves in God's place, and, in fact, there is nothing that is so apt to obscure God's face as a religion. Martin Buber historicalfacesreligion 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 uniquemeanneeds What has to be given up is not the I, but that drive for self-affirmation which impels man to flee from the unreliable, unsolid, unlasting, unpredictable, dangerous world of relation into the having of things. Martin Buber dangerous-worldselfmen 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. Martin Buber principlesmenmean
