Martin Buber

Martin Buber was a German/Jewish philosopher and theologian famous for his work I and Thou. He has been assessed by the admins of this site as INFP

Quotes

 * "Through the Thou a person becomes I."
 * "All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."
 * "One cannot live in the pure present: it would consume us if care were not taken that it is overcome quickly and thoroughly. But in pure past one can live; in fact, only there can a life be arranged."
 * "I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery."
 * "The philosophical anthropologist … can know the wholeness of the person and through it the wholeness of man only when he does not leave his subjectivity out and does not remain an untouched observer."
 * "A community is built upon a living, reciprocal relationship, but the builder is the living, active center."
 * "Don't we find that modern developments have expunged almost every trace of a life in which human beings confront each other and have meaningful relationships?"