Quote by Paul Tillich
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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He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being. – 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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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion. – Ambrose Bierce

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Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again. – Lionel Blue

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Its fun being in Islamic countries, to know theres only one religion. Theres order. You wear a burqa. Theres no choice. People are happy with that. – Prince

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By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. – Thomas Merton

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