To produce is to draw forth, to invent is to find, to shape is to discover. Martin Buber More Quotes by Martin Buber More Quotes From Martin Buber In the beginning was the relationship. Martin Buber empathy What has to be given up is not the I, as most mystics suppose: this I is indispensable for any relationship, including the highest, which always presupposes an I and You. Martin Buber indispensable given ego An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. Martin Buber eye dog animal Without being and remaining oneself, there is no love. Martin Buber no-love oneself And if there were a devil it would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision. Martin Buber devil eternity decision 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 moses said world We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves. Martin Buber redeemed empathy All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him. Martin Buber used speak names When I meet a man, I am not concerned about his opinions. I am concerned about the man. Martin Buber atheism opinion men Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved. Martin Buber tasks unique men Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived. Martin Buber latin want world Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos.Persons appear byentering into relationwith other persons. Martin Buber settings ego persons No purpose intervenes between I and You, no greed and no anticipation; and longing itself is changed as it plunges from the dream into appearance. Every means is an obstacle. Only where all means have disintegrated encounters occur. Martin Buber greed dream mean We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience. Martin Buber stakes existence should All actual life is encounter. Martin Buber empathy encounters life-is Nothing so tends to mask the face of God as religion; it can be a substitute for God himself. Martin Buber mask substitutes faces What you must do is love your neighbor as yourself. There is no one who knows your many faults better than you! But you love yourself notwithstanding. And so you must love your neighbor, no matter how many faults you see in him. Martin Buber faults matter love-you To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin. Martin Buber aging glorious ifs There is something that can be found in one place. It is a great treasure which may be called the fulfillment of existence. The place where this treasure can be found is the place where one stands Martin Buber treasure found may Here is the infallible test. Imagine yourself in a situation where you are alone, wholly alone on earth, and you are offered one of the two, books or men. I often hear men prizing their solitude but that is only because there are still men somewhere on earth even though in the far distance. I knew nothing of books when I came forth from the womb of my mother, and I shall die without books, with another human hand in my own. I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human being looking at me. Martin Buber distance mother book
