Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr
Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon

Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. – Reinhold Niebuhr

Other quotes by Reinhold Niebuhr

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Truth
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There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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War
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The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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God
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Other Quotes from
Faith
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The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam. – John Cornyn

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Faith

Ive always thought that as long as directors and casting directors dont see me as just Harry Potter, Ill be OK. People have shown a lot of faith in me, and I owe them a huge debt. Theyre letting me prove that Im serious about this. – Daniel Radcliffe

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Faith

Godliness, as well as the doctrine of our faith, is a mystery. – William Gurnall

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Faith

Its a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling. – J. J. Abrams

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Faith

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