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

Quote by Paul Tillich

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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

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

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

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...

The first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill...

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill...

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...

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...

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself as accepted in spite of...

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself as accepted in spite of...

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...

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.

The first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Boredom is rage spread thin.

Boredom is rage spread thin.

There is no love which does not become help.

There is no love which does not become help.

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.

The first duty of love is to listen

The first duty of love is to listen

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

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

Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big...

Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big...

Very few people would listen if they didn't know it was their turn next

Very few people would listen if they didn't know it was their turn next

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening...

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening...

Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever....

Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever....

Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.

Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.

I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my...

I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my...