6 Martin Buber Quotes on Self

Martin Buber quotes on self

2. 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.

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

11. Through the Thou a person becomes I.

13. A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.

23. Solitude is the place of purification.

32. We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say.