The separation of faith and love is always a consequence of a deterioration of religion. — 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 of daily life and thought. Whether this will happen or not, and if it does to what degree, is partly dependent on the power of resistance in those who represent the opposite pole of the courage… — 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 Image
Symbols have one characteristic in common with signs; they point beyond themselves to something else. The red sign at the street corner points to the order to stop the movements of cars atcertain intervals. A red light and the stopping of cars have essentially no relation to eachother, but conventionally theyare united as long as the convention lasts. The same… — 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 overcome by repression but by courage. Courage does not deny that there is doubt, but it takes the doubt into itself as an expression of its own finitude and affirms the content of an ultimate concern.… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
In the courageous standing of uncertainty, faith shows most visibly its dynamic character. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
For love ... is the blood of life, the power of reunion in the separated. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
