Martin BuberThinkers

Age is a glorious thing when one has not unlearned what it means to begin.

Atheism is often closer to God than is piety. The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.

Authenticity is a prerequisite for love. Without being and remaining oneself, there is no love.

Beginning is a lifelong project. Old age can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin.

Change is inevitable in life so we can commit to nothing other than to remaining open to this adventure of living and we can do nothing but to stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.

Charity is acting as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help -- only yourself.

Creation is not a hurdle on the road to God, it is the road itself.

The Devil is one who, if he were to exist, would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision.

Dialogue is the precondition for peace, which in turn rests on trust of the other.

Divinity is not able to be approached by reaching beyond the human. To become human is what we were created for.