In the courageous standing of uncertainty, faith shows most visibly its dynamic character.
Paul TillichThe courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Paul TillichStichwörter: courage-to-be tillich
Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it.
There is no place to which we could flee from God, which is outside of God.
Paul TillichThe first duty of love is to listen.
Paul TillichWine is like the incarnation--it is both divine and human
Paul TillichStichwörter: wine
Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s 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. Although, in daily life, we do not always distinguish these words, we should do so consistently and thus deepen our understanding of our human predicament.
Paul TillichStichwörter: solitude loneliness
Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.
Paul Tillich[A] process was going on in which people were transformed into things, into pieces of reality which pure science can calculate and technical science can control. … [T]he safety which is guaranteed by well-functioning mechanisms for the technical control of nature, by the refined psychological control of the person, by the rapidly increasing organizational control of society – this safety is bought at a high price: man, for whom all this was invented as a means, becomes a means himself in the service of means.
Paul TillichFaith as the state of being ultimately concerned implies love, namely, the desire and urge toward the reunion of the seperated.
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