Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.
Paul TillichSpirit is the presence of what concerns us ultimately, the ground of our being and meaning.
Paul TillichMan and nature belong together in their created glory – in their tragedy and in their salvation.
Paul TillichGod does not exist. He is being-itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him.
Paul TillichThe courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.
Paul TillichI have given no definition of love. This is impossible, because there is no higher principle by which it could be defined. It is life itself in its actual unity. The forms and structures in which love embodies itself are the forms and structures in which love overcomes its self-destructive forces.
Paul Tillich