WIST Quotations

Tillich, Paul -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

The first duty of love is to listen.

Paul Tillich (1886-1965) American theologian and philosopher
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Tillich, Paul -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

Paul Tillich (1886-1965) American theologian and philosopher
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Tillich, Paul -- (Attributed)

Dave — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:29:53 +0000

Fear is the absence of faith.

Paul Tillich (1886-1965) American theologian and philosopher
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Tillich, Paul -- The Courage To Be, ch. 1 “Being and Courage” (1952)

Dave — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:52:33 +0000

Since every day a little of our life is taken from us — since we are dying every day — the final hour when we cease to exist does not of itself bring death; it merely completes the death process.

Paul Tillich (1886-1965) American theologian and philosopher
The Courage To Be, ch. 1 “Being and Courage” (1952)
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Tillich, Paul -- The Courage to Be, ch. 6 “Courage and Transcendence” (c) (1952)

Dave — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:55:12 +0000

One could say that the courage to be is the courage to accept oneself as accepted in spite of being unacceptable.

Paul Tillich (1886-1965) American theologian and philosopher
The Courage to Be, ch. 6 “Courage and Transcendence” (c) (1952)

Tillich, Paul -- The Eternal Now, “Loneliness and Solitude” (1963)

Dave — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 19:56:41 +0000

Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone.

Paul Tillich (1886-1965) American theologian and philosopher
The Eternal Now, “Loneliness and Solitude” (1963)
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Tillich, Paul -- Quoted in Time (1963-05-17)

Dave — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:24:22 +0000

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 (1886-1965) American theologian and philosopher
Quoted in Time (1963-05-17)
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Speech given at the 40th Anniversary Dinner for Time, reported in the following week's magazine.