“A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
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“Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
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“God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
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“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
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“The scientific observer of the realm of nature is in a sense naturally and inevitably disinterested. At least, nothing in the natural scene can arouse his bias. Furthermore, he stands completely outside of the natural so that his mind, whatever his limitations, approximates pure mind. The observer of the realm of history cannot be disinterested in the same way, for two reasons: first, he must look at history from some locus in history; secondly, he is to a certain degree engaged in its ideological conflicts.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
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“The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
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“If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
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“There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
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“The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
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“The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
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“Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.”
Reinhold Niebuhr
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
