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Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes: Where, but in the simplicity of the Gospel, can you hear about both the dignity of man and the misery of man?
         

Where, but in the simplicity of the Gospel, can you hear about both the dignity of man and the misery of man?


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Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.



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

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



God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.



Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.



There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.



It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.



Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.



Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.



Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.



Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.





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(The Purge), ... A lot of movies say that the silence is a deadly weapon yeah.... it's true!You, never know from where somebody is going to came out and how is going to came out.

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If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.

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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.



After doing One Fine Day and playing a pediatrician on ER, I'll never have kids. I'm going to have a vasectomy.

After doing One Fine Day and playing a pediatrician on ER, I'll never have kids. I'm going to have a vasectomy.



You have to try to push yourself to the limit. You can't worry about making a mistake. If you worry about it, you'll lose.

You have to try to push yourself to the limit. You can't worry about making a mistake. If you worry about it, you'll lose.



It's sometimes too easy to point fingers when circumstances dramatically go awry, but as an addict, I'm ultimately responsible for my own decisions, no matter how benign or tragic the consequences.

It's sometimes too easy to point fingers when circumstances dramatically go awry, but as an addict, I'm ultimately responsible for my own decisions, no matter how benign or tragic the consequences.



Being lost is worth the being found.

Being lost is worth the being found.



I think one lesson we have to learn is that there's a lot more risk than we're giving credit to, a lot more what economist calls systematic risk.

I think one lesson we have to learn is that there's a lot more risk than we're giving credit to, a lot more what economist calls systematic risk.



In my work, I construct texts and images. Between those two points the blur occurs. Each is altered by the other again and again, back and forth.

In my work, I construct texts and images. Between those two points the blur occurs. Each is altered by the other again and again, back and forth.




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