Original sin is that thing about man which...... Quote by "Reinhold Niebuhr"

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

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

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

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The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
— Reinhold Niebuhr

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
— Reinhold Niebuhr