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If there is no other way of preventing the evil destroying the good, I trust I shall use force and give myself up into God’s hands.

Martin Buber (1878-1965) Austrian-born Jewish philosopher
“The Land and Its Possessors: An Answer to Gandhi,” The Bond (Jerusalem) (1939)
On Gandhi's calling for European Jews to adopt nonviolence against Nazi persecution.

Added on 3-Jan-12 | Last updated 3-Jan-12
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The world is not divine sport; it is divine destiny. There is divine meaning in the life of the world; of man, of human persons, of you and of me.

Martin Buber (1878-1965) Austrian-born Jewish philosopher
I and Thou, ch. 3 (1923) [tr. Smith (1958)]

Added on 19-Oct-11 | Last updated 19-Oct-11
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