Author: Paul Tillich

Quotes

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 being alone.

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 being alone.

- Paul Tillich

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.

- Paul Tillich

There is no love which does not become help.

There is no love which does not become help.

- Paul Tillich

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

- Paul Tillich

Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.

Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.

- Paul Tillich

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

- Paul Tillich

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.

- Paul Tillich

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

- Paul Tillich

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.

- Paul Tillich

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