Paul Tillich

Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.

— Paul Tillich

Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.

— Paul Tillich

[American] conformism might approximate collectivism, not so much in economic respects, and not too much in political respects, but very much in…

— Paul Tillich

There is no condition for forgiveness.

— Paul Tillich

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

— Paul Tillich

Symbols have one characteristic in common with signs; they point beyond themselves to something else. The red sign at the street corner…

— Paul Tillich

In those who rest on their unshakable faith, pharisaism and fanaticism are the unmistakable symptoms of doubt which has been repressed. Doubt…

— 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…

— Paul Tillich

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the…

— Paul Tillich

The joy about our work is spoiled when we perform it not because of what we produce but because of the pleasure…

— Paul Tillich

In the courageous standing of uncertainty, faith shows most visibly its dynamic character.

— Paul Tillich

For love ... is the blood of life, the power of reunion in the separated.

— Paul Tillich

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.

— Paul Tillich

man is free, in so far as he has the power of contradicting himself and his essential nature. Man is free even…

— Paul Tillich

The citizens of a city are not guilty of the crimes committed in their city; but they are guilty as participants in…

— Paul Tillich

God does not exist. He is being-itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him.

— Paul Tillich

The courage to be as oneself within the atmosphere of Enlightenment is the courage to affirm oneself as a bridge from a…

— Paul Tillich

Love is the infinite which is given to the finite.

— Paul Tillich

Why does philosophy use concepts and why does faith use symbols if both try to express the same ultimate? The answer, of…

— Paul Tillich

I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.

— Paul Tillich

“Paul Tillich - Loneliness & Solitude: "And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain to pray:…

— Paul Tillich

Man and nature belong together in their created glory – in their tragedy and in their salvation.

— Paul Tillich

Only the philosophical question is perennial, not the answers.

— Paul Tillich

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements, as well as one's deepest failures is a definite symptom of maturity.

— Paul Tillich

Love that cares, listens.

— Paul Tillich