If we had the power over the ends of the earth, it would not give us that fulfillment of existence which a quiet devoted relationship to nearby life can give us.

The world is not comprehensible, but it is embraceable: through the embracing of one of its beings.

Nothing so tends to mask the face of God as religion; it can be a substitute for God himself.

The I of the basic word I-Thou is different from that of the basic word I-It.

You should carefully observe the way toward which your heart draws you, then choose this way with all your strength.

About what mainly constituted what you ask, it was something other. It was just a certain inclination to meet people. And as far as possible, to change something in the other, but also to let me be changed by him. At any event, I had no resistance, I put no resistance to it. I already began as a young man. I felt I have not the right to want to change another if I am not open to be changed by him as far as it is legitimate.

To be old can be glorious if one has not unlearned how to begin.