3 Martin Buber Quotes on Ethics

Martin Buber quotes on ethics

17. God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.

24. One cannot in the nature of things expect a little tree that has been turned into a club to put forth leaves. (From Paths in Utopia)

31. There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.