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Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr
The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substit

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Faith
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Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime therefore we must be saved by hope. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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Hope
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Nature
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By nature Im not a brooder. – Hugh Jackman

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Nature

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. – Desmond Tutu

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When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nature

Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time. – William Shakespeare

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The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi. – Fred A. Allen

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