Paul Tillich Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“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 answer to the question of a meaning of our life.”

“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 of life is on the verge of an act of faith.”

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

“If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song.”

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

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

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

“Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.”

“Boredom is rage spread thin.”