Quotes from Paul Tillich

Faith as the state of being ultimately concerned implies love, namely, the desire and urge toward the reunion of the seperated.

The separation of faith and love is always a consequence of a deterioration of religion.

I 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.

In the courageous standing of uncertainty, faith shows most visibly its dynamic character.

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

The passion for truth is silenced by answers which have the weight of undisputed authority.