6 Martin Buber Quotes on God

Martin Buber quotes on god

8. All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him.

9. Some would deny any legitimate use of the word God because it has been misused so much. Certainly it is the most burdened of all human words. Precisely for that reason it is the most imperishable and unavoidable. And how much weight has all erroneous talk about God's nature and works (although there never has been nor can be any such talk that is not erroneous) compared with the one truth that all men who have addressed God really meant him? For whoever pronounces the word God and really means Thou, addresses, no matter what his delusion, the true Thou of his life that cannot be restricted by any other and to whom he stands in a relationship that includes all others.

16. God is the mysterium tremendum that appears and overthrows, but he is also the mystery of the self-evident, nearer to me than my I.

18. How would man exist if God did not need him, and how would you exist? You need God in order to be, and God needs you- for that is the meaning of your life.

34. When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.

37. Success is not one of the names of God.