Buber, Martin

"To love another is to say: it is well that you exist."

"The I that says 'It' is not the same as the I that says 'Thou'."

"The world presents itself in two ways to man: the world as object and the world as presence."

"All real change in consciousness emerges through genuine encounter."

"The tension between freedom and destiny is the condition of human life."

"Authentic existence demands that we risk ourselves in relation to others."

"The moment of genuine meeting is always a moment of grace."

"Modern man's alienation stems from his inability to encounter the other as Thou."

"In the I-Thou relation, both partners are transformed."

"The path of the righteous is illuminated through service to others."

"Loneliness can only be overcome through genuine relationship with another."

"The responsibility of each person extends to all that exists."

"In genuine dialogue, both parties are risked entirely."

"The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings."

"All real living is meeting."

"Man wishes to be confirmed in his being by man, and wishes to have a presence in the being of the other."

"The primary word I-You can be spoken only with the whole being."

"Relation is mutual. My You affects me, as I affect it."

"In the beginning is relation."

"The eternal Thou can by its nature not become It."

"Community is the being no longer side by side but with one another of a multitude of persons."

"Man cannot live without the Other; but he also cannot live with only the Other."

"Every real relationship is exclusive."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"The real struggle is not between Yes and No, but between Yes and Yes."

"Without It man cannot live. But he who lives with It alone is not a man."

"All actual life is encounter."

"The more directly the thou is touched, the more perfect is the unity achieved."

"Beware of the man who has only one book—for he will use it as a weapon."

"The You encounters me through grace—it cannot be found by seeking."