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Man is ultimately concerned about that which determines his ultimate destiny beyond all preliminary necessities and accidents.

— Paul Tillich Systematic Theology (1951)

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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.

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