Occupation: Philosopher Birth: August 20, 1886 Death: October 22, 1965
Mystical identification transcends the aristocratic virtue of courageous self-sacrifice. It is self- surrender in a higher, more complete, and more c….
Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate..
...history has shown that the most terrible crimes against love have been committed in the name of fanatically defended doctrines..
Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom..
The joy about our work is spoiled when we perform it not because of what we produce but because of the pleasure with which it can provide us, or the ….
Man and nature belong together in their created glory – in their tragedy and in their salvation..
The basic anxiety, the anxiety of a finite being about the threat of non-being, cannot be eliminated. It belongs to existence itself..
The most intimate motions within the depths of our souls are not completely our own. For they belong also to our friends, to humankind, to the univer….
[A] process was going on in which people were transformed into things, into pieces of reality which pure science can calculate and technical science ….
For love ... is the blood of life, the power of reunion in the separated..
The passion for truth is silenced by answers which have the weight of undisputed authority..
In those who rest on their unshakable faith, pharisaism and fanaticism are the unmistakable symptoms of doubt which has been repressed. Doubt is not ….
Destiny is not a strange power which determines what shall happen to me. It is myself as given, formed by nature, history, and myself. My destiny is ….
Courage is a greater virtue than love. At best, it takes courage to love..
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….
If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song..
Being human means asking the questions of one's own being and living under the impact of the answers given to this question. And, conversely, being h….
The vitality that can stand the abyss of meaninglessness is aware of a hidden meaning within the destruction of meaning..
In this respect fundamentalism has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth, it splits the conscience of its thoughtful….
Every person, every place and every action is qualified by this association with the unconditional; it penetrates every moment of daily life and sanc….
Sometimes I think it is my mission to bring faith to the faithless, and doubt to the faithful..