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Paul Tillich Quotes

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

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    Astonishment is the root of philosophy. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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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. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    Boredom is rage spread thin. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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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. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    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-TillichPaul Tillich
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    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-TillichPaul Tillich
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    The first duty of love is to listen. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    There is no love which does not become help. Paul-TillichPaul Tillich
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    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-TillichPaul Tillich