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

Quote by Paul Tillich

Topics: Being Alone Quotes, Language Quotes, Loneliness Quotes, Solitude Quotes

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared...

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared...

The first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Language... has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it...

Language... has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it...

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

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

Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies...

Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies...

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being...

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being...

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the...

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the...

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

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

It is easier to swallow angry words than to have to eat them

It is easier to swallow angry words than to have to eat them

The Christ is God-for-us! But God is not only for us, [God] is for everything...

The Christ is God-for-us! But God is not only for us, [God] is for everything...

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

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

Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the...

Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the...

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

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

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

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

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...

The first duty of love is to listen

The first duty of love is to listen

Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that...

Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that...

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry

An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.

An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...