Creative Quotations from . . .
Reinhold Niebuhr
(1892-1971) born on Jun 21
US "theologian, author". "He pioneered the philosophy of "Christian realism"; wrote "Nature and Destiny of Man," 1943; received Medal of Freedom, 1964."
 
   
F
Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it."

R
There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.
A
"Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love."
N
"There are evidently limits to the achievements of science; and there are irresolvable contradictions both between prosperity and virtue, and between happiness and ``the good life,'' which had not been anticipated in our philosophy."
K
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic (1930), 1928 entry."
R: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
A: "The Irony of American History," Scribner's 52"
N: 'The Irony of American History'
K: "Quoted by Jimmy Carter "Why Not the Best?," Broadman 75"
   



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