22 Quotes by Paul Tillich

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.
Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone.
If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song.
I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.
Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.
Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.
Boredom is rage spread thin.
Astonishment is the root of philosophy.
Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.
The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.
We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea.
There is no love which does not become help.
The first duty of love is to listen.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being.
Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.
Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.

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