The first duty of love is to listen. – Paul Tillich
Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life. – Paul Tillich
Loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude. – Paul Tillich
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. – Paul Tillich
The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you. – Salman Rushdie