Occupation: Philosopher Birth: August 20, 1886 Death: October 22, 1965
In those who rest on their unshakable faith, pharisaism and fanaticism are the unmistakable symptoms of doubt which has been repressed. Doubt is not ….
Sometimes I think it is my mission to bring faith to the faithless, and doubt to the faithful..
The courage to be as oneself within the atmosphere of Enlightenment is the courage to affirm oneself as a bridge from a lower to a higher state of ra….
There is no love which does not become help..
Grace strikes us when we are in great pain ....Sometimes at that moment a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and it is as though a voice were sa….
I loved thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow; So altered are thy face and mind, t'were perjury to love thee now!.
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny..
The abundance of a grateful heart gives honor to God even if it does not turn to Him in words. An unbeliever who is filled with thanks for his very b….
Enthusiasm for the universe, in knowing as well as in creating, also answers the question of doubt and meaninglessness. Doubt is the necessary tool o….
[A] process was going on in which people were transformed into things, into pieces of reality which pure science can calculate and technical science ….
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable..
Fear is the absence of faith..
Out of the element of participation follows the certainty of faith; out of the element of separation follows the doubt in faith. And each is essentia….
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 bein….
Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it..
Morality [or ethics] is not a subject; it is a life put to the test in dozens of moments..
I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment..
In the depth of the anxiety of having to die is the anxiety of being eternally forgotten..
You are accepted. You are accepted, accepted by that which is greater than you, and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask for the name now; p….
Wine is like the incarnation--it is both divine and human.
Where there is faith there is an awareness of holiness..