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.

Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

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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 final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of...

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of...

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come...

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come...

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

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

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...

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

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

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...

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

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...

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

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,...

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are...

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are...