Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. Reinhold Niebuhr Read Quote