Martin Buber Quotes
Martin Buber was a 20th-century Austrian-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and one of the most influential figures of modern Jewish religious thought. His 1923 book Ich und Du, translated as I and Thou, distinguished two fundamental modes of human relation: the I-It relation in which the other is treated as an object, and the I-Thou relation in which the other is encountered as a subject in mutual presence. The quotes below are attributed to Martin Buber, organized by topic.
Martin Buber on God
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Attributed to Martin Buber:
“The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.”
Martin Buber on Love
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Attributed to Martin Buber:
“All real living is meeting.”
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Attributed to Martin Buber:
“When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.”
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Attributed to Martin Buber:
“The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.”
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Attributed to Martin Buber:
“Through the Thou a person becomes I.”
Martin Buber on Mind
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Attributed to 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.”
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Attributed to Martin Buber:
“Solitude is the place of purification.”