The first duty of love is to listen

Quote by Paul Tillich

Topics: Duty Quotes, Love Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Boredom is rage spread thin.

Boredom is rage spread thin.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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 only place I fu-ked up is that I thought that you'd always be mine.

The only place I fu-ked up is that I thought that you'd always be mine.

Thank you for leaving my side, when I was alone I realized I can do...

Thank you for leaving my side, when I was alone I realized I can do...

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...