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When we see a great man desiring power instead of his real goal we soon recognize that he is sick, or more precisely that his attitude to his work is sick.

— Martin Buber What is Man? (1938)

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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 real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.

Encounter with Martin Buber (1972)

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

The Legend of the Baal-Shem (1955)

Greatness by nature includes a power, but not a will to power.

Between Man and Man (1965)

In the presence of God himself man stands always like a solitary tree in the wilderness.

For The Sake of Heaven (1945)

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