52 quotes
Where the New Reality appears, one feels united with God, the ground and meaning of one’s existence.
The New Being (1955)
Knowledge of that which concerns us infinitely is possible only in an attitude of infinite concern.
The Courage to Be (1952)
The anxiety of fate is conquered by the self-affirmation of the individual as an infinitely significant microcosmic representation of the universe.
The Courage to Be (1952)
He who loves God is also able to accept life and to love it.
The New Being (1955)
In all existential knowledge both subject and object are transformed by the very act of knowing.
The Courage to Be (1952)
The courage to be as oneself within the atmosphere of Enlightenment is the courage to affirm oneself as a bridge from a lower to a higher state of rationality.
The Courage to Be (1952)
I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.
There is no truth without the form of truth, namely justice.
Love, Power and Justice (1954)
There is a third element in absolute faith, the acceptance of being accepted.
The Courage to Be (1952)
Christianity is more than a religion; it is the message of a New Creation.
The New Being (1955)
Life remains ambiguous as long as there is life.
Systematic Theology (1951)
Love without the will to love, relying solely on the force of emotion, can never penetrate to the other person.
Without the eros toward truth, theology would not exist.
Love, Power and Justice (1954)
Man is infinitely concerned about the infinity to which he belongs, from which he is separated, and for which he is longing.
Systematic Theology (1951)
Every finite thing possesses a certain power of being of its own and thus possesses a capacity for fate.
One can become aware of it in the anxiety of fate and death when the traditional symbols, which enable men to stand the vicissitudes of fate and the horror of death have lost their power.
The Courage to Be (1952)
Even loneliness is not absolute loneliness because the contents of the universe are in him.
The Courage to Be (1952)
The union of kairos and logos is the philosophical task set for us in philosophy and in all fields that are accessible to the philosophical attitude.
No religion as such produces the New Being.
The New Being (1955)
There are moments, as I myself have emphasized on different occasions, in which "kairos," the right time, is united with "logos," the "eternal truth," and in which the fate of philosophy is decided for a special period.