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Quotes from I and Thou — Martin Buber

1878–1965 Austria

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All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him.

I and Thou (1923)

The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is divine meaning in the life of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and of me.

I and Thou (1923)

The Thou encounters me by grace — it cannot be found by seeking. But that I speak the basic word to it is a deed of my whole being, is my essential deed.

I and Thou (1923)

Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons.

I and Thou (1923)

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

I and Thou (1923)

Through the Thou a person becomes I.

I and Thou (1923)

Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos.

I and Thou (1923)

Solitude is the place of purification.

I and Thou (1923)

The I of the basic word I-Thou is different from that of the basic word I-It.

I and Thou (1923)

Whoever abhors the name and fancies that he is godless — when he addresses with his whole devoted being the Thou of his life that cannot be restricted by any other, he addresses God.

I and Thou (1923)

Some would deny any legitimate use of the word God because it has been misused so much. Certainly it is the most burdened of all human words. Precisely for that reason it is the most imperishable and unavoidable.

I and Thou (1923)

For whoever pronounces the word God and really means Thou, addresses, no matter what his delusion, the true Thou of his life that cannot be restricted by any other and to whom he stands in a relationship that includes all others.

I and Thou (1923)

All real life is meeting.

I and Thou (1923)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin Buber (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.