This is the eternal origin of art that a human being confronts a form that wants to become … - Martin Buber

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I try to stay in shape just to handle things like the stress of a job or everyday life.

Martin Buber

This is the eternal origin of art that a human being confronts a form that wants to become a work through him. Not a figment of his soul but something that appears to the soul and demands the soul's creative power. What is required is a deed that a man does with his whole being.

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When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words, saying, 'Have faith and take your troubles to God. ' Act instead as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help -- only yourself.

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When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.

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The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.

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Human life and humanity come into being in genuine encounters. The hope for this hour depends upon the renewal of the immediacy of dialogue among human beings.

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