Reason is not the sole basis of moral virtue in man. His social impulses are more deeply rooted than his rational life.
Reinhold NiebuhrWhere, but in the simplicity of the Gospel, can you hear about both the dignity of man and the misery of man?
Reinhold NiebuhrA wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architec75tural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.
Reinhold NiebuhrEvil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.
Reinhold Niebuhr