Buber, Martin

"Freedom is not independence but authentic relation."

"The person who says no to everything is no less conditioned than the person who says yes to everything."

"Community is the answer to the human condition."

"The basis of marriage is understanding."

"Healing happens in the space between people."

"Self-realization is not isolation but connection."

"To have faith is to trust not in the answers but in the questions."

"The power of presence is the power to change."

"Every moment is an opportunity for genuine meeting."

"The dialogue between man and man can be found wherever men have an honest desire to understand one another."

"Existence cannot be satisfied by any system of ideas."

"A hallowed life is not about what we do but how we are present in what we do."

"The world becomes clearer when we look at it with love."

"Knowledge of the self begins with knowledge of the other."

"Real freedom is the freedom to respond authentically."

"The center of our being is not in us; it is in the other."

"To educate a person is to educate their capacity for presence."

"We are alone in the universe with God, but never really alone."

"The I-Thou relation is the source of all meaning."

"Confirmation is the greatest human need."

"Art is the attempt to bridge the gap between the inner and outer world."

"The purpose of life is to have a life of purpose."

"All hatred arises from a failure to truly see the other person."

"The authentic self emerges only in dialogue."

"Hope is the companion of those who remain open to mystery."

"To love is to take responsibility for the becoming of the beloved."

"Evil is the turning away from relation."

"We find ourselves only when we lose ourselves in the other."

"True education awakens the unique potential within each soul."

"Solitude is communion when it is communion with the self."