Paul Tillich

"The first duty of love is to listen."

- Paul Tillich

"Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone."

- Paul Tillich

"It has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone.  And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone."

- Paul Tillich

"Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone, and solitude expresses the glory of being alone."

- Paul Tillich

"The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable."

- Paul Tillich

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

- Paul Tillich

"Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith."

- Paul Tillich

"Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man’s being alone. It has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone."

- Paul Tillich

"Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man's being alone. It has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone."

- Paul Tillich