Power abdicates only under stress of counter-power. - Martin Buber - Quotesmemo.com

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We must recover the whole sense of gift, of gratuitousness, of solidarity. Rampant capitalism has taught the logic of profit at all costs, of giving to get, of exploitation without looking at the person. . . and we see the results in the crisis we are experiencing! This Home is a place that teaches charity, a "school" of charity, which instructs me to go encounter every person, not for profit, but for love.

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Martin Buber

Power abdicates only under stress of counter-power.

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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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I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As we live, we grow and our beliefs change. They must change. So I think we should live with this constant discovery. We should be open to this adventure in heightened awareness of living. We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience.

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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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We must recover the whole sense of gift, of gratuitousness, of solidarity. Rampant capitalism has taught the logic of profit at all costs, of giving to get, of exploitation without looking at the person. . . and we see the results in the crisis we are experiencing! This Home is a place that teaches charity, a "school" of charity, which instructs me to go encounter every person, not for profit, but for love.

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