Martin Buber Quotes on Self
-
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 accomplished without me. I require a Thou to become; becoming I, I say Thou.
-
The I of the basic word I-Thou is different from that of the basic word I-It.
-
Through the Thou a person becomes I.
-
A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.
-
Solitude is the place of purification.
-
We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say.