Paul Tillich Quotes

Paul Tillich Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Paul Tillich
Type:
Theologian
Nationality:
German
Birth day:
August 20
Birth year:
1886

  • 1
    Astonishment is the root of philosophy. Paul Tillich
  • 2
    Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt. Paul Tillich
  • 3
    Boredom is rage spread thin. Paul Tillich
  • 4
    Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves. Paul Tillich
  • 5
    Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. Paul Tillich
  • 6
    Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith. Paul Tillich
  • 7
    Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith. Paul Tillich
  • 8
    Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite. Paul Tillich
  • 9
    He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being. Paul Tillich
  • 10
    I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment. Paul Tillich
  • 11
    If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song. Paul Tillich
  • 12
    Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone. Paul Tillich
  • 13
    Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny. Paul Tillich
  • 14
    Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate. Paul Tillich
  • 15
    Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It 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
  • 16
    Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life. Paul Tillich
  • 17
    The first duty of love is to listen. Paul Tillich
  • 18
    There is no love which does not become help. Paul Tillich
  • 19
    We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea. Paul Tillich

 

 

 

 

 

 

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