“Faith consists in being vitally concerned with that ultimate reality to which I give the symbolical name of God. Whoever reflects earnestly on the meaning of life is on the verge of an act of faith.”
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He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.
Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.
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.