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Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and en

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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Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime therefore we must be saved by hope. – 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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Alcohol doesnt console, it doesnt fill up anyones psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesnt comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny. – Marguerite Duras

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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything. – Ramakrishna

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God gave us faculties for our use each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher. – Saint Teresa of Avila

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