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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Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.

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...

Boredom is rage spread thin

Boredom is rage spread thin

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...

The first duty of love is to listen

The first duty of love is to listen

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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

Boredom is rage spread thin.

Boredom is rage spread thin.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

The first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must...

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must...

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn...

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there...

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves