Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Reinhold Niebuhr quotes and sayings page 2 (theologian). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 25 we have.
“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.”
“Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.”
“Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.”
“Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
“Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.”
“Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.”
“Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.”
“Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.”
“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.”
“The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.”
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