Martin Buber

A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.

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.

The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.

I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees.

It's an ear job, not an eye job.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.