Martin Buber Quotes

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

Martin Buber

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• The Democratic Party went far to the left, I think, and left some of us stranded on the beach, so we went to the Republican Party.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Think
  • Party
  • Beach

• Seasonality in winter doesn't have to mean sleep-inducing, stew-like, starchy casseroles.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Mean
  • Sleep
  • Winter

• I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.

  

  Natasha Henstridge
  • Think
  • Career
  • Acting

• I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.

  

  Sam Smith
  • People
  • Bad
  • Me

• I get cyber-bullied all of the time. Everybody has something negative to say. It is so hurtful. So I think that it is really important for kids to know how to deal with it correctly because it can be a really dangerous situation.

  

  Sammi Hanratty
  • Time
  • Important
  • Kids

• I have charity work that I do. I started my own charity, the Friends of the Prostate, and I'm also working on awareness of the deviated septum. I do this because not many people are interested in it. There's also Save the Funnel-web - they're dying out.

  

  Barry Humphries
  • People
  • Work
  • Friends

• To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.

  

  Ted Turner
  • World
  • Happy
  • Airplane

• I have the right to protect myself. I feel like I have very good aim. My wife is better.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • Good
  • Myself
  • Wife

• The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.

  

  Abbe Pierre
  • Society
  • Question
  • Thought

• The white man's blood and bones have begotten this bronze race, and bequeathed to it in some degree qualities, tendencies, capabilities, such as are the inheritance of the highest order of human animals.

  

  Fanny Kemble
  • Man
  • Race
  • Animals

• There's a lot of things I want to do. I want to learn Italian. I want to learn to play tennis better. I want to motivate the world, basically.

  

  Magnus Scheving
  • World
  • Learn
  • Better

• I don't just want to be someone who hits the ball 100 per cent every time. You can play with freedom and still mix up the pace, mix up the spins and everything like that. That's what I want to be doing, because you get into that very one-dimensional kind of tennis if you don't work on slicing and coming into the net.

  

  Laura Robson
  • Up
  • Time
  • Work

• Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution.

  

  Randall Terry
  • Good
  • Law
  • Purpose

• You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • You
  • Look
  • Boring

• I've been through a lot off the field. I think that kind of translates onto the field. Football serves for a lot of life lessons, and so it allows me to stay humble and continue to work.

  

  Dak Prescott
  • Life
  • Work
  • Football

• This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Love
  • Power
  • Miracles

• And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote.

  

  Hamilton Jordan
  • Remember
  • Winning
  • Start

• There's nothing humane about the flesh of animals who have had one or two or even three improvements made in their singularly rotten lives on today's factory farms.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Today
  • Animals
  • Three

• I could work 24 hours and I wouldn't complain once because I'm happiest when I'm working.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Work
  • Working
  • Complain

• Choosing my favorite moment in journalism would be like picking a favorite among my children. I can't pick one favorite.

  

  Bill Keller
  • Children

• Leaders inspire us because they bring out the best in us.

  

  Umair Haque
  • Leader
  • Grandchildren
  • Grandpa

• It has been claimed that Dr. Weishaupt was an atheist, a Cabalistic magician, a rationalist, a mystic; a democrat, a socialist, an anarchist, a fascist; a Machiavellian amoralist, an alchemist, a totalitarian and an 'enthusiastic philanthropist.' (The last was the verdict of Thomas Jefferson, by the way.)

  

  Adam Weishaupt
  • Atheist

• I started doing some demos and got online and bought a refurbished laptop, bought a microphone off of eBay. A lot of folks said you can't really do it that way at a pro level, but I did some vocals that way, turned it into the label and they said, 'Wow, where did you record this? The vocals sound great!'

  

  Rodney Atkins
  • Great

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

  

  Martin Buber