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Only the philosophical question is perennial, not the answers.

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Paul Tillich
Age: 79 †
Born: 1886
Born: August 20
Died: 1965
Died: October 22
Philosopher
Theologian
University Teacher
Paul Johannes Oskar Tillich
Paul Johannes Tillich
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Nothing truly real is forgotten eternally, because everything real comes from eternity and goes to eternity.
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Enthusiasm for the universe, in knowing as well as in creating, also answers the question of doubt and meaninglessness. Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge. And meaninglessness is no threat so long as enthusiasm for the universe and for man as its center is alive.
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Fear is the absence of faith.
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If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song.
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The fatal pedagogical error is to throw answers like stones at the heads of those who have not yet asked the questions.
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In the depth of the anxiety of having to die is the anxiety of being eternally forgotten.
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man is free, in so far as he has the power of contradicting himself and his essential nature. Man is free even from his freedom that is, he can surrender his humanity
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Accept the fact that you are accepted, despite the fact that you are unacceptable.
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