Paul Tillich - The shaking of the foundations (1948)

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There is no place to which we could flee from God, which is outside of God.

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The name of this infinite and inexhaustible depth and ground of all being is God.

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Grace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness.... Sometimes at that moment a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and it is as though a voice were saying: "You are accepted."

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Man and nature belong together in their created glory – in their tragedy and in their salvation.

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The most intimate motions within the depths of our souls are not completely our own. For they belong also to our friends, to humankind, to the universe, and the Ground of all being, the aim of our life.

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We are known in a depth of darkness through which we ourselves do not even dare to look. And at the same time, we are seen in a height of a fullness which surpasses our highest vision.

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