Dialogic is not to be identified with love. But love without dialogic, without real outgoing to the other, reaching to the other, the love remaining with itself - this is called Lucifer.
Martin BuberMan wishes to be confirmed in his being by man, and wishes to have a presence in the being of the otherโฆ. Secretly and bashfully he watches for a YES which allows him to be and which can come to him only from one human person to another.
Martin BuberThe law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
Martin BuberEvery morning, I shall concern myself anew about the boundary, Between the love-deed-Yes and the power-deed-No, And pressing forward honor reality. We cannot avoid, Using power, Cannot escape the compulsion, To afflict the world, So let us, cautious in diction, And mighty in contradiction, Love powerfully.
Martin Buber