All actual life is encounter.

The basic word I-Thou can be spoken only with one's whole being. The concentration and fusion into a whole being can never be accomplished by me, can never be …

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

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 speak to these people, and I speak to you because I cannot help it. It gives me strength, almost unbelievable strength, to know that you are there. I covet y…

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

She said, 'Love isn't enough. Your parents have to know how to relate to you, and to each other. They have to want to be with you more than with anyone else. T…