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"We say 'far away'; the Zulu has for that a word which means, in our sentence form, 'There where someone cries out: "Oh mother, I am lost." ' The Fuegian soars above our analytic wisdom with a seven-syllabled word whose precise meaning is, 'They stare at one another, each waiting for the other to volunteer to do what both wish, but are not able to do."
About Martin Buber
Martin Buber (February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965) was a Jewish philosopher, theologian, story-teller, and teacher.
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Additional quotes by Martin Buber
The only possible relationship with God is to address him and to be addressed by him, here and now — or, as Buber puts it, in the present.
To look away from the world, or to stare at it, does not help a man to reach God; but he who sees the world in Him stands in His presence.
For God does not want to be believed in, to be debated and defended by us, but simply to be realized through us.