Martin Buber Quotes

"Through the Thou a person becomes I."
- Martin Buber

"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
(Related: Life, Thought, Action, Being, Conflict, Man, Principles, Speech)

"The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings."
- Martin Buber
(Related: World)

"The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes."
- Martin Buber
(Related: Deep, Law, Man)

"Solitude is the place of purification."
- Martin Buber
(Related: Solitude)

"To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin."
- Martin Buber
(Related: Old)

"For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it."
- Martin Buber
(Related: Nature, Soul, Being, Conflict, Man, Silence, Sin)

"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language."
- Martin Buber
(Related: Power, Eyes, Language)

"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."
- Martin Buber

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

"Play is the exultation of the possible."
- Martin Buber
(Related: Play)

"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 face looking at me."
- Martin Buber
(Related: Open, Surrender)