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Paul Tillich  Quotes


A German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher.
Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. Tillich was one of the most influential Protestant theologians of the 20th century. Among the general populace, he is best known for his works The Courage to Be (1952) and Dynamics of Faith (1957), which introduced issues of theology and modern culture to a general readership. Theologically, he is best known for his major three-volume work Systematic Theology (1951–63), in which he developed his "method of correlation": an approach of exploring the symbols of Christian revelation as answers to the problems of human existence raised by contemporary existential philosophical analysis.

Here are some famous quotes by  Paul Tillich.

Boredom is rage spread thin.

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Fear is the absence of faith.

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Depression is rage spread thin.

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The first duty of love is to listen.

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Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being.

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

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Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by and turned to the infinite.

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The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself in spite of being unacceptable.

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The passion for truth is silenced by answers which have the weight of undisputed authority.

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Language has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone and the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.

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

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The joy about our work is spoiled when we perform it not because of what we produce but because of the pleasure with which it can provide us or the pain against which it can protect us.

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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 and evil the true and false the creative and destructive forces - both individual and social.

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You are accepted! ... accepted by that which is greater than you and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask the name now perhaps you will know it later. Do not try to do anything perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything do not perform anything do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted.