"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