The first duty of love is to listen.

Quote by Paul Tillich

Topics: Being Alone Quotes, Language Quotes, Solitude Quotes

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.

Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.

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...