The anxiety of fate is conquered by the self-affirmation of the individual as an infinitely significant microcosmic representation of the universe.

Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements, as well as one's deepest failures is a definite symptom of maturity.

Theology moves back and forth between two poles, the eternal truth of its foundations and the temporal situation in which the eternal truth must be received.

Life remains ambiguous as long as there is life.

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements as well as one's deepest failures is a definite symptom of maturity.

Man is not what he believes himself to be in his conscious decisions

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.

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.