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

Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

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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...

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can...

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can...

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.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

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...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

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.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

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...

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

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you...

Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you...

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...

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have...

This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have...

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism