Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.

Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

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Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his...

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his...

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no...

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no...

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is...

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be...

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be...

Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it

Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context...

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage...

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage...

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other,...

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other,...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however...

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.

Love is like a river, never ending as it flows, but gets greater with time!

Love is like a river, never ending as it flows, but gets greater with time!

So that we can truly admire this wonderful painting we will have to know ourselves...

So that we can truly admire this wonderful painting we will have to know ourselves...

Being happy with someone doesn't mean that everything about them is perfect, they can't be....

Being happy with someone doesn't mean that everything about them is perfect, they can't be....