“He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.”
— Paul Tillich
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Faith consists in being vitally concerned with
“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.”
— Paul Tillich
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The courage to be is the courage
“The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.”
— Paul Tillich
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Religion is the state of being grasped
“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
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Faith is the state of being ultimately
“Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.”
— Paul Tillich
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Faith is an act of a finite
“Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.”
— Paul Tillich
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Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone
“Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.”
— Paul Tillich
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Faith consists in being vitally concerned with
“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.”
— Paul Tillich
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Our language has wisely sensed the two
“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
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I hope for the day when everyone
“I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.”
— Paul Tillich
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Decision is a risk rooted in the
“Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.”
— Paul Tillich
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