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Life Quotes by Paul Tillich
- One cannot be strong without love. For love is not an irrelevant emotion; it is the blood of life.
- Morality [or ethics] is not a subject; it is a life put to the test in dozens of moments.
- 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…
- We have to build a better man before we can build a better society. All that is necessary for the # triumph of # evil…
- Every person, every place and every action is qualified by this association with the unconditional; it penetrates every moment of daily life and sanctifies it:…
- The character of human life, like the character of the human condition, like the character of all life, is "ambiguity": the inseparable mixture of good…
- The most intimate motions within the depths of our souls are not completely our own. For they belong also to our friends, to humankind, to…
- The first duty of love is to listen.
- Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the symbolical name of God. Whoever reflects earnestly on the meaning…
- Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the…
- Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it.
- I have given no definition of love. This is impossible, because there is no higher principle by which it could be defined. It is life…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle