Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the symbolical name of God. Whoever reflects earnestly on the meaning of life is on the verge of an act of faith.
There is no place to which we could flee from God, which is outside of God. - Paul Tillich
There is no place to which we could flee from God, which is outside of God.
- Paul Tillich
The fatal pedagogical error is to throw answers like stones at the heads of those who have not yet asked the questions. - Paul Tillich
The fatal pedagogical error is to throw answers like stones at the heads of those who have not yet asked the questions.
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… - Paul Tillich
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…
God does not exist. He is being-itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him. - Paul Tillich
God does not exist. He is being-itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him.
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith. - Paul Tillich
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.
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… - Paul Tillich
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…
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. - Paul Tillich
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
The first duty of love is to listen. - Paul Tillich
The first duty of love is to listen.
One cannot be strong without love. For love is not an irrelevant emotion; it is the blood of life. - Paul Tillich
One cannot be strong without love. For love is not an irrelevant emotion; it is the blood of life.
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