Buber, Martin

"One cannot approach the divine by standing in the corner and waiting; one must search for it actively."

"Healing of the soul happens through genuine relationship."

"The development of moral awareness happens through the encounter with the Other."

"Where there is genuine dialogue, there is healing."

"The contradiction between the impulses within us is not evil in itself, but rather the opportunity for growth."

"You cannot know truth by studying it; you must live into it."

"The community is not something to be built through plans and ideologies, but through genuine meetings of persons."

"Evil often works through the corruption of good things."

"The relation with another human being is the only avenue toward authentic being."

"I cannot meet another as a Thou if I treat him primarily as an It."

"The life of relation is not an escape from aloneness, but its transformation."

"Recognition of the other as a Thou is the foundation of all morality."

"The greatest suffering is to be invisible—not to be truly seen by another."

"Hope is the substance of a life lived in genuine relation to others."

"To say Thou to another is to acknowledge his irreplaceable uniqueness."

"All genuine education is a meeting between souls."

"The authentic I arises only in relationship to the Thou."

"Every person must work out their own salvation with diligence."

"The transformation of evil comes not through denial, but through redirection."

"Language itself emerged from the need for genuine dialogue between persons."

"The presence of the authentic other calls forth the authentic self."

"Sin is the loss of relation—the failure to encounter the Thou."

"Art is the capacity to perceive the infinite in the finite."

"True community is built from the foundation of genuine dialogue between persons."

"The I-Thou relation is never final; it ebbs and flows in all authentic life."

"In the encounter with nature, we may meet the traces of the divine."

"The depth of reality is concealed from the technological consciousness."

"Man's quest for meaning begins when he realizes he is accountable."

"The authentic task of life is to become increasingly capable of genuine dialogue."

"The community of persons arises wherever authentic dialogue occurs."