As long as the firmament of the You is spread over me, the tempests of causality cower at my heels, and the whirl of doom congeals. The human being … - Martin Buber

As long as the firmament of the You is spread over me, the tempests of causality cower at my heels, and whirl of doom congeals.

What is manifold is often frightening because it is not neat and simple. Men prefer to forget how many possibilities are open to them.

I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human face looking at me

That you need God more than anything, you know at all times in your heart. But don’t you know also that God needs you — in the fullness of his eternity, you? How would man exist if God did not need him, and how would you exist? You need God in order to be, and God needs you — for that which is the meaning of your life.