Martin Buber
Philosopher
"A human being becomes whole not in virtue of a relation to himself [only] but rather in virtue of an authentic relation to another human being(s)."
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Relation
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Charles Darwin
Naturalist, Geologist
"Nothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life"
Judith Butler
Philosopher, Gender Theorist
"To operate within the matrix of power is not the same as to replicate uncritically relations of domination."
Haile Selassie
Emperor
"Unity should be the cornerstone of relations"
Robert Monroe
Author
"The depth of learning is in direct relation to the intensity of the experience."
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"Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons."
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"Every society needs to examine itself in relation to other societies."
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"A human being is a spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is self? The self is a relation that relates itself to itself or is the relation's relating itself to itself in the relation."
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"Photography has a relation to intervention, but photographing is not the same as an intervening."
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"Nothing is mysterious, no human relation. Except love."
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"Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without relation to anything external."
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"Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth."
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"Bargaining has neither friends nor relations."
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"Life's nonsense pierces us with strange relation."
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"Any particle in this universe can change in relation to any other particle; but take the whole universe as one."
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"I'm The Greatest, but only in relation to fighting."
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"Every attainment, every step forward in knowledge, follows from courage, from hardness against oneself, from cleanliness in relation to oneself."
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"I was born modest; not all over, but in spots."
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"The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment."
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"The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become."
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"Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest."
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"We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations."
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"The relation of feeling toward art and its bringing-forth can be one of production or one of reception and enjoyment."
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"We cannot fully understand the relations of time and choice until we are beyond both."
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"I think that if you have a sense of the sacredness of nature and of human relations, I think you will be uplifted in some sort of spiritual elevation."
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