“He who loves God is also able to accept life and to love it.”

— Paul Tillich, The New Being, 1955, Chap. 1

About Paul Tillich

1886 – 1965

German-American theologian and philosopher, author of "The Courage to Be" (1952).

“Anxiety strives to become fear, because fear can be met by courage.”

“Faith comprises both itself and the doubt of itself.”

“Man is estranged from what he essentially is.”

“There is not love of life without despair about life.”

“Our great goal in life is to love. The rest is silence.”

“What is life without the radiance of love?”

“If I can stop one Heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”

“Wealth cannot make a life, but love.”

“Love seems to survive life, and to reach beyond it.”