Quotes by Paul Tillich

Explore a curated collection of 39 quotes by Paul Tillich. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Astonishment is the root of philosophy. — Paul Tillich
Sometimes I think it is my mission to bring faith to the faithless, and doubt to the faithful. — Paul Tillich
Faith includes both an immediate awareness of something unconditional and the courage to take the risk of uncertainty up — Paul Tillich
Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as prelimina — Paul Tillich
Only if God IS ultimate reality, can he be our unconditional concern; only then can he be the object of surrender, obedi — Paul Tillich
Grace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness. It strikes us when we walk through the dark valley of a mea — Paul Tillich
This is biblical ethics. It has little to do with the middle-class ethics of avoiding a few things which are supposed to — Paul Tillich
The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements - as well as one's deepest failures - is a definite symptom — Paul Tillich
Reason is the presupposition of faith, and faith is the fulfillment of reason. — Paul Tillich
Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being. — Paul Tillich
Boredom is rage spread thin. — Paul Tillich
Boredom is rage spread thin. — Paul Tillich
The first duty of love is to listen. — Paul Tillich
Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by and turned to the infinite. — Paul Tillich
"You are accepted!" ... accepted by that which is greater than you and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask the — Paul Tillich
The character of human life like the character of the human condition like the character of all life is "ambiguity": — Paul Tillich
For love ... is the blood of life the power of reunion in the separated. — Paul Tillich
Language has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone and the word 'solitude' to express the gl — Paul Tillich
Depression is rage spread thin. — Paul Tillich
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself in spite of being unacceptable. — Paul Tillich