Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.

The name of this infinite and inexhaustible depth and ground of all being is God.

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

The first duty of love is to listen.

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."

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

The basic anxiety, the anxiety of a finite being about the threat of non-being, cannot be eliminated. It belongs to existence itself.