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Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.

~Reinhold Niebuhr

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The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.

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

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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.

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

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Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

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

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

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

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Theologian

Born: June 21st, 1892

Died: June 1st, 1971

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