4 Martin Buber Quotes on Language

Martin Buber quotes on language

5. An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

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.

20. I don't like religion much, and I am glad that in the Bible the word is not to be found.