For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it
Interpretation
Sin is a natural conflict within us that cannot be completely eliminated, only silenced.
This quote from Martin Buber expresses the idea that sin represents a fundamental conflict within human nature that is inherent to our existence. While one might suppress or silence this internal struggle, the essential nature of the conflict cannot be entirely eradicated, highlighting the complexity of moral decision-making and the human experience.
In practice
In a discussion on morality and ethics, one might quote this to illustrate the internal struggles humans face.
When I confront a human being as my Thou and speak the basic word I-Thou to him, then he is no thing among things nor does he consist of things. He is no longer He or She, a dot in the world grid of space and time, nor a condition to be experienced and described, a loose bundle of named qualities. Neighborless and seamless, he is Thou and fills the firmament. Not as if there were nothing but he; but everything else lives in his light.
Play is the exultation of the possible.
There is no room for God in him who is full of himself.
Every person born in this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
It is usual to think of good and evil as two poles, two opposite directions, the antithesis of one another...We must begin by doing away with this convention.
God dwells wherever man lets Him in.
Lamps are different, but light is the same.
When Levin thought what he was and what he was living for, he could find no answer to the questions and was reduced to despair; but when he left off questioning himself about it, it seemed as though he knew both what he was and what he was living for, acting and living resolutely and without hesitation.
No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
Give a drink of water as alms to the birds which go forth at morning, and deem that they have a better right than men [to thy charity]. For their race brings not harm upon thee in any wise, when thou fearest it from thine own race.
If we live out of our memory, we're tied to the past and to that which is finite. When we live out of our imagination, _x000D_ we're tied to that which is infinite.
Our chaotic, confused world has no greater need than to hear the message of good news - the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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