We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea.

Quote by Paul Tillich

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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 the...

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

The first duty of love is to listen

The first duty of love is to listen

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

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...

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...

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...

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

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.

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.

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.

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...

Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.

Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.