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> [Why does philosophy use concepts and why does faith use symbols if both try to express the same ultimate? The answer, of course, is that the relation to the ultimate is not the same in each case. The philosophical relation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/why-does-philosophy-use-concepts-and-why-does-faith-use-symbols-if/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

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> [The existential attitude is one of involvement in contrast to a merely theoretical or detached attitude. "Existential" in this sense can be defined as participating in a situation, especially a cognitive situation, with the whole of one's existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/the-existential-attitude-is-one-of-involvement-in-contrast-to-a/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

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## Other authors on Detached

## More by Paul Tillich

> [Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/decision-is-a-risk-rooted-in-the-courage-of-being-free/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/faith-is-the-state-of-being-ultimately-concerned/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [ \[American\] conformism might approximate collectivism, not so much in economic respects, and not too much in political respects, but very much in the pattern… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/american-conformism-might-approximate-collectivism-not-so-much-in/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [There is no condition for forgiveness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/there-is-no-condition-for-forgiveness/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/he-who-risks-and-fails-can-be-forgiven-he-who-never-risks-and-never/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [Symbols have one characteristic in common with signs; they point beyond themselves to something else. The red sign at the street corner points to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/symbols-have-one-characteristic-in-common-with-signs-they-point/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [In those who rest on their unshakable faith, pharisaism and fanaticism are the unmistakable symptoms of doubt which has been repressed. Doubt is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/in-those-who-rest-on-their-unshakable-faith-pharisaism-and-fanaticism/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/when-you-love-someone-and-you-love-them-with-your-heart-it-never/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/being-religious-means-asking-passionately-the-question-of-the-meaning/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [The joy about our work is spoiled when we perform it not because of what we produce but because of the pleasure with which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/the-joy-about-our-work-is-spoiled-when-we-perform-it-not-because-of/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [In the courageous standing of uncertainty, faith shows most visibly its dynamic character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/in-the-courageous-standing-of-uncertainty-faith-shows-most-visibly/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [For love ... is the blood of life, the power of reunion in the separated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/for-love-is-the-blood-of-life-the-power-of-reunion-in-the-separated/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/man-s-ultimate-concern-must-be-expressed-symbolically-because/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [man is free, in so far as he has the power of contradicting himself and his essential nature. Man is free even from his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/man-is-free-in-so-far-as-he-has-the-power-of-contradicting-himself/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

> [The citizens of a city are not guilty of the crimes committed in their city; but they are guilty as participants in the destiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tillich/the-citizens-of-a-city-are-not-guilty-of-the-crimes-committed-in/)

[Paul Tillich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tillich/)

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