Paul Tillich
Paul Tillich
Paul Johannes Tillichwas a German American Christian existentialist philosopher and Lutheran theologian who is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth20 August 1886
CountryGermany
honesty humble thoughtful
In this respect fundamentalism has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth, it splits the conscience of its thoughtful adherents, and it makes them fanatical because they are forced to suppress elements of truth of which they are dimly aware
positive confidence courage
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
institutions demonic
Every institution is inherently demonic.
cruelty
Cruelty towards others is always also cruelty towards ourselves.
cynical true-life
Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it.
facts accepted accepting
Accept the fact that you are accepted, despite the fact that you are unacceptable.
holiness awareness
Where there is faith there is an awareness of holiness.
wine divine incarnation
Wine is like the incarnation--it is both divine and human
darkness vision height
We are known in a depth of darkness through which we ourselves do not even dare to look. And at the same time, we are seen in a height of a fullness which surpasses our highest vision.
conditions
There is no condition for forgiveness.
virtue courage-to-love greater
Courage is a greater virtue than love. At best, it takes courage to love.
depth knows
He who knows about depth knows about God.
dozen tests ethics
Morality [or ethics] is not a subject; it is a life put to the test in dozens of moments.