Doubt is not the opposite of faith it is one element of faith.

Paul Tillich
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  1. The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. - Elie Wiesel

  2. So, there’s this hornet’s nest. And there’s this long stick. And then there’s me. How I walk away from all of this will depend on whether I realize that some things go together and some things don’t no matter how hard you try. - Craig D. Lounsbrough

  3. As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delights of presence best known by the torments of absence. - Alcibiades

  4. Everything has its opposite within it. Love can be very destructive if you mishandle it. Pain can help you find ways to grow and change. Fear can eventually lead you to a path of hope. - Jay Woodman

  5. Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes.. The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain, and sometimes to postpone death, or at least render it more bearable. In contrast, the patriot sacrifices a rather substantial... - Anonymous

More Quotes By Paul Tillich
  1. Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

  2. Man is able to decide for or against reason, he is able to create beyond reason or to destroy below reason

  3. Sometimes I think it is my mission to bring faith to the faithless, and doubt to the faithful.

  4. Faith as the state of being ultimately concerned implies love, namely, the desire and urge toward the reunion of the seperated.

  5. Faith includes both an immediate awareness of something unconditional and the courage to take the risk of uncertainty upon itself. Faith says "Yes" in spite of the anxiety of "No."Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality

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