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Creation happens to us, burns into us, changes us, we tremble and swoon, we submit. Creation - we participate in it, we encounter the creator, offer ourselves to him, helpers and companions.
Martin Buber
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Martin Buber
Age: 87 †
Born: 1878
Born: February 8
Died: 1965
Died: June 13
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