Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.

Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It 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.

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.

Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life.

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.