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Paul Tillich (August 20, 1886 - October 22, 1965) was a German-American philosopher and theologian known for his profound contributions to religious philosophy, particularly on the concept of religious existence. His ideas have had a significant impact on 20th-century religious philosophy, theology, and theological ethics.

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Famous Paul Tillich Quotes

“Christianity sees in the picture of Jesus as the Christ a human life in which all forms of anxiety are present but in which all forms of despair are absent.”

Despair Anxiety Jesus The Christ

Book:Systematic Theology, Vol 1

Source: Systematic Theology, Vol 1

“Reasoning as a limited cognitive function, detached from the personal center, never could create courage. One cannot remove anxiety by arguing it away.”

Book:The Courage To Be

Source: The Courage To Be

“Fear, as opposed to anxiety, has a definite object, which can be faced, analyzed, attacked, endured... anxiety has no object, or rather, in a paradoxical phrase, its object is the negation of every object.”

Objects Anxiety Phrases Definite Paradoxical Negation

Book:The Courage To Be

Source: The Courage To Be

“The anxiety of fate is conquered by the self-affirmation of the individual as an infinitely significant microcosmic representation of the universe .”

Self Universe Individual Fate Anxiety Significant Representation Affirmation Self Affirmation

Book:The Courage To Be

Source: The Courage To Be

“Anxiety may consist of the loss of psychological or spiritual meaning which is identified with one's existence as a self, i.e., the threat of meaninglessness.”

May Self Wisdom Spiritual Loss Existence Anxiety Threat Psychological Meaninglessness

Author:Paul Tillich

“Existential anxiety of doubt drives the person toward the creation of certitude of systems of meaning, which are supported by tradition and authority. Neurotic anxiety builds a narrow castle of certitude which can be defended with the utmost certainty.”

Persons Doubt Creation Authority Anxiety Tradition Certainty Existential Castles Neurotic Certitude

Author:Paul Tillich

“The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt.”

Courage Doubt Anxiety Rooted

Book:The Essential Tillich

Source: The Essential Tillich

“In the depth of the anxiety of having to die is the anxiety of being eternally forgotten.”

Death Dies Anxiety Depth Forgotten

Author:Paul Tillich

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

Existence Anxiety Threat Finite

Book:The Courage To Be

Source: The Courage To Be

“The affirmation of one's essential being in spite of desires and anxieties creates joy.”

Joy Desire Essentials Anxiety Spite Affirmation

Book:Writings on religion

Source: Writings on religion

About the Author

Born: August 20, 1886
Died: October 22, 1965
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 126

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