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.
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For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it.Martin Buber
The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
Martin Buber
When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.
Martin Buber
How would man exist if God did not need him, and how would you exist You need God in order to be, and God needs you for that is the meaning of your life.
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The perfection of any matter, the highest or the lowest, touches on the divine.
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Leisure is the exultation of the possible.
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