God does not exist. He is being-itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
“The typical American, after he has lost the foundations of his existence, works for new foundations.” — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
The basic anxiety, the anxiety of a finite being about the threat of non-being, cannot be eliminated. It belongs to existence itself. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
For love ... is the blood of life, the power of reunion in the separated. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
One cannot be strong without love. For love is not an irrelevant emotion; it is the blood of life. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Morality [or ethics] is not a subject; it is a life put to the test in dozens of moments. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Being human means asking the questions of one's own being and living under the impact of the answers given to this question.… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
The character of human life, like the character of the human condition, like the character of all life, is "ambiguity": the inseparable… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
“Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Plato ... teaches the separation of the human soul from its " home " in the realm of pure essences. Man is… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
The existential attitude is one of involvement in contrast to a merely theoretical or detached attitude. "Existential" in this sense can be… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
The most intimate motions within the depths of our souls are not completely our own. For they belong also to our friends,… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Faith as ultimate concern is an act of the total personality. It happens in the center of the personal life and includes… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
One of the unfortunate consequences of the intellectualization of man's spiritual life was that the word "spirit" was lost and replaced by… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
We have to build a better man before we can build a better society. All that is necessary for the # triumph… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Every person, every place and every action is qualified by this association with the unconditional; it penetrates every moment of daily life… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
[American] conformism might approximate collectivism, not so much in economic respects, and not too much in political respects, but very much in… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
“The existential attitude is one of involvement in contrast to a merely theoretical or detached attitude. “Existential” in this sense can be… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
[American] conformism might approximate collectivism, not so much in economic respects, and not too much in political respects, but very much in the pattern… — Paul Tillich Copy Share
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being. — Paul Tillich Copy Share
Symbols have one characteristic in common with signs; they point beyond themselves to something else. The red sign at the street corner points to… — Paul Tillich Copy Share
In those who rest on their unshakable faith, pharisaism and fanaticism are the unmistakable symptoms of doubt which has been repressed. Doubt is not… — Paul Tillich Copy Share
When you love someone and you love them with your heart, it never disappears when you're apart. Anh when you love someone and you've… — Paul Tillich Copy Share
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 Copy Share
The joy about our work is spoiled when we perform it not because of what we produce but because of the pleasure with which… — Paul Tillich Copy Share
In the courageous standing of uncertainty, faith shows most visibly its dynamic character. — Paul Tillich Copy Share
Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate. — Paul Tillich Copy Share
man is free, in so far as he has the power of contradicting himself and his essential nature. Man is free even from his… — Paul Tillich Copy Share
The citizens of a city are not guilty of the crimes committed in their city; but they are guilty as participants in the destiny… — Paul Tillich Copy Share
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