“To begin with oneself but not to end with onself. To start from oneself but not to aim at oneself.”
Source: Hasidism and modern man
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Famous Martin Buber Quotes
Source: On Judaism
Source: Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings
Source: Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings
“We should also pray for the wicked among the peoples of the world; we should love them too.”
Source: Tales of the Hasidim
Source: Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings
Source: Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings
Source: Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings
Source: Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings
Source: Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings
Source: Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic Sayings
Source: I and Thou
“Nothing so tends to mask the face of God as religion; it can be a substitute for God himself.”
Source: On Intersubjectivity and Cultural Creativity
Source: I and Thou
Source: Tales of the Hasidim
Source: I and Thou
Source: I and Thou
Source: Tales of the Hasidim
Source: Hasidism and modern man
“Solitude is the place of purification.”
Source: I and Thou
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”
Source: Hasidism and modern man
Source: To Hallow this Life: An Anthology
“Play is the exultation of the possible.”
Source: To Hallow this Life: An Anthology
“An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.”
Source: I and Thou
“The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.”
Source: Israel and the World: Essays in a Time of Crisis
“To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin.”
Source: Israel and the World: Essays in a Time of Crisis
Source: Martin Buber on Psychology and Psychotherapy: Essays, Letters, and Dialogue
“Feeling one "has"; love occurs.”
Source: I and Thou
Source: I and Thou
Source: I and Thou
Source: I and Thou
Source: I and Thou