All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
– Martin Buber
An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.
– Martin Buber
God is the mysterium tremendum that appears and overthrows, but he is also the mystery of the self-evident, nearer to me than my I.
– Martin Buber
God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.
– Martin Buber
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.
– Martin Buber
Play is the exultation of the possible.
– Martin Buber
Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power.
– Martin Buber
Solitude is the place of purification.
– Martin Buber
The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
– Martin Buber
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.
