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Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a c

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

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Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone. – Paul Tillich

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