“We cannot love unless we have accepted forgiveness, and the deeper our experience of forgiveness is, the greater is our love.”

— Paul Tillich, The New Being (1955), Chap. 1: "To Whom Much is Forgiven..."

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.”

“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.”

“Love's very pain is sweet, But its reward is in the world divine Which, if not here, it builds beyond the grave.”

“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”

“A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.”

“It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.”

“Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love and justice.”