Occupation: Philosopher Birth: February 8, 1878 Death: June 13, 1965
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 th….
The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda..
A human being becomes whole not in virtue of a relation to himself [only] but rather in virtue of an authentic relation to another human being(s)..
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 gr….
There is no room for God in him who is full of himself..
God made so many different kinds of people; why would God allow only one way to worship?.
Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos.Persons appear byentering into relationwith other persons..
There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of a….
In spite of all similarities, every living situation has, like a newborn child, a new face, that has never been before and will never come again. It ….
Solitude is the place of purification..
Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique..
Our relationships live in the space between us which is sacred..
Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived..
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware..
The true meaning of love one's neighbor is not that it is a command from God which we are to fulfill, but that through it and in it we meet God..
Everything depends on inner change; when this has taken place, then, and only then does the world change..
All real living is meeting..
Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church. What better way to ….
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 hu….
To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin..
The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God..