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There is no room for God in him who is full of himself.
Martin Buber
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Martin Buber
Age: 87 †
Born: 1878
Born: February 8
Died: 1965
Died: June 13
Bible Translator
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Existentialist
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Vienna
Austria
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I'm not sure I can take your advice. You are dealing with English Gentlemen. We are dealing with monsters.
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The beating heart of the universe is holy joy.
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Man wishes to be confirmed in his being by man, and wishes to have a presence in the being of the other…. Secretly and bashfully he watches for a YES which allows him to be and which can come to him only from one human person to another.
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