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Martin Buber was a German philosopher known for his profound insights into human relationships. His work 'I and Thou' explored the direct relationship between individuals, which had a profound impact on existentialism and philosophical anthropology.

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Famous Martin Buber Quotes

“Human life and humanity come into being in genuine encounters. The hope for this hour depends upon the renewal of the immediacy of dialogue among human beings.”

Humans Humanity Hours Human Beings Depends Genuine Dialogue Human Life Encounters Renewal Immediacy

Author:Martin Buber

“What is it that is eternal: the primal phenomenon, present in the here and now, of what we call revelation? It is man's emerging from the moment of the supreme encounter, being no longer the same as he was when entering into it.”

Men Moments Eternal Supreme Encounters Revelations Phenomenon Entering Here And Now Emerging Primal

Book:I and Thou

Source: I and Thou

“No purpose intervenes between I and You, no greed and no anticipation; and longing itself is changed as it plunges from the dream into appearance. Every means is an obstacle. Only where all means have disintegrated encounters occur.”

Mean Dream Purpose Changed Longing Greed Obstacles Appearance Encounters Anticipation Plunge

Book:I and Thou

Source: I and Thou

“All actual life is encounter.”

Life Is Empathy Encounters Actual Life

Book:I and Thou

Source: I and Thou

“But it can also happen, if will and grace are joined, that as I contemplate the tree I am drawn into a relation, and the tree ceases to be an It. . . . Does the tree then have consciousness, similar to our own? I have no experience of that. But thinking that you have brought this off in your own case, must you again divide the indivisible? What I encounter is neither the soul of a tree nor a dryad, but the tree itself.”

Ifs Thinking Doe Soul Happens Consciousness Cases Grace Tree Relation Cease Contemplation Encounters Divides Contemplating You Again Indivisible

Author:Martin Buber

“Creation happens to us, burns into us, changes us, we tremble and swoon, we submit. Creation - we participate in it, we encounter the creator, offer ourselves to him, helpers and companions.”

Inspirational Play Happens Creativity Creation Offers Creator Encounters Companion Submit Helpers

Book:I and Thou

Source: I and Thou

“Real faith means holding ourselves open to the unconditional mystery which we encounter in every sphere of our life and which cannot be comprised in any formula. Real faith means the ability to endure life in the face of this mystery.”

Mean Real Faces Ability Our Lives Mystery Endure Encounters Formulas Spheres Unconditional

Book:Israel and the World: Essays in a Time of Crisis

Source: Israel and the World: Essays in a Time of Crisis

About the Author

Born: February 8, 1878
Died: June 13, 1965
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 152

Books & Sources

I and ThouRelated source material

Between Man and ManRelated source material

Hasidism and modern manRelated source material

Ten Rungs: Collected Hasidic SayingsRelated source material

To Hallow this Life: An AnthologyRelated source material

Israel and the World: Essays in a Time of CrisisRelated source material

Tales of the HasidimRelated source material

Great twentieth century Jewish philosophers: Shestov, Rosenzweig, Buber, with selections from their writingsRelated source material

HasidismRelated source material

Martin Buber on Psychology and Psychotherapy: Essays, Letters, and DialogueRelated source material

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