Grace strikes us when we are in great pain ....Sometimes at that moment a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and it is as though a voice were saying, 'You are accepted.' Paul Tillich More Quotes by Paul Tillich More Quotes From Paul Tillich Forgiving presupposes remembering. And it creates a forgetting not in the natural way we forget yesterday's weather, but in the way of the great "in spite of" that says: I forget although I remember. Without this kind of forgetting no human relationship can endure healthily. I don't refer to a solemn act of asking for and offering forgiveness. Such rituals as sometimes occur between parents and children, or friends, or man and wife, are often acts of moral arrogance on the one part and enforced humiliation on the other. But I speak of the lasting willingness to accept him who has hurt us. Paul Tillich forgiveness hurt children The most intimate motions within the depths of our souls are not completely our own. For they belong also to our friends, to humankind, to the universe, and the Ground of all being, the aim of our life. Paul Tillich depth soul spirit Being human means asking the questions of one's own being and living under the impact of the answers given to this question. And, conversely, being human means receiving answers to the questions of one's own being and asking questions under the impact of the answers. Paul Tillich asking-questions impact mean Spirit is the presence of what concerns us ultimately, the ground of our being and meaning. Paul Tillich spirituality motivation 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. Paul Tillich voice nature moving The joy about our work is spoiled when we perform it not because of what we produce but because of the pleasure with which it can provide us, or the pain against which it can protect us. Paul Tillich pain work joy Love that cares, listens. Paul Tillich care caring love The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements, as well as one's deepest failures is a definite symptom of maturity. Paul Tillich achievement maturity success I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment. Paul Tillich embarrassment speak atheist Forgiving presupposes remembering. Paul Tillich forgiving remember The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt. Paul Tillich anxiety doubt courage Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge. Paul Tillich meaninglessness tools doubt Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt. Paul Tillich religious hurt mean Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the symbolical name of God. Whoever reflects earnestly on the meaning of life is on the verge of an act of faith. Paul Tillich names giving reality Every person, every place and every action is qualified by this association with the unconditional; it penetrates every moment of daily life and sanctifies it: "The Universe is God's sanctuary. Every work day is a day of the Lord, every supper is a Lord's supper, every work a fulfillment of the divine task, every joy a joy in God. In all preliminary concerns, ultimate concern is present, consecrating them." Paul Tillich lords-supper tasks joy Enthusiasm for the universe, in knowing as well as in creating, also answers the question of doubt and meaninglessness. Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge. And meaninglessness is no threat so long as enthusiasm for the universe and for man as its center is alive. Paul Tillich creating knowing men The basic anxiety, the anxiety of a finite being about the threat of non-being, cannot be eliminated. It belongs to existence itself. Paul Tillich threat existence anxiety Fear is the absence of faith. Paul Tillich absence The abundance of a grateful heart gives honor to God even if it does not turn to Him in words. An unbeliever who is filled with thanks for his very being has ceased to be an unbeliever. Paul Tillich gratitude grateful heart Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. Paul Tillich being-free risk decision
