Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.
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
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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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