The first duty of love is to listen.

Quote by Paul Tillich

Topics: Listening Quotes, Respect Quotes, Responsibility Quotes

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.

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...

Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the...

Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the...

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...

When you love someone, and you love them with your heart, it never disappears when...

When you love someone, and you love them with your heart, it never disappears when...

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

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...

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...

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

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

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

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 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...

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

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...

Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by...

Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by...

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises...

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises...

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having...

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having...