Martin Buber
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"Martin Buber" was an Austrian-born Israeli Jewish people/Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I and Thou/I–Thou relationship and the I–It relationship. Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. In 1902, he became the editor of the weekly Die Welt, the central organ of the Zionist movement, although he later withdrew from organizational work in Zionism. In 1923, Buber wrote his famous essay on existence, I and Thou/Ich und Du (later translated into English as I and Thou), and in 1925, he began translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language.

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Solitude is the place of purification.

Play is the exultation of the possible.

The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human face looking at me.

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

When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.

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

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.