Paul Tillich Quotes
Paul Johannes Tillich was a theologian and existentialist philosopher.
(1886 - 1965)
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"You are accepted!" ... accepted by that which is greater than you and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask the name now, perhaps you will know it later. Do not try to do anything, perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything, do not perform anything, do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted.
[God]
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Astonishment is the root of philosophy.
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Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.
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Boredom is rage spread thin.
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Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.
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Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it.
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Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.
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Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.
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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.
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Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.
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Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.
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Fear is the absence of faith.
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For love ... is the blood of life, the power of reunion in the separated.
[Lighten Up]
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He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
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I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.
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If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song.
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Language has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone, and the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.
[Loneliness]
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Life remains ambiguous as long as there is life.
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Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.
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