The first duty of love is to listen.

Quote by Paul Tillich

Topics: Being Alone Quotes, Language Quotes, Solitude Quotes

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 courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

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

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

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

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

Boredom is rage spread thin.

Boredom is rage spread thin.

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...

The first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of...

We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of...

The first duty of love is to listen

The first duty of love is to listen

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...

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

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...

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

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