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

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


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I think no human being can give more than this. Making life possible for the other, if only for a moment.



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