• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

Marxism is the modern form of Jewish prophecy.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Related Topics

FormModern

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Prevoius| Next

More Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes

• 

  I think I have one answer, that is partly religious and partly secular; and that is to say, we ought to at least recognize that we and the Russians are in a common predicament. That would be religious in the sense, “Judge not lest you be judged.”

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  JudgingReligiousThinking
• 

  The development of a managerial class in Russia, combing economic with political power, is an historic refutation of the Marxist theory.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  CombMarxistTheory
• 

  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
  BeautifulCompleteGoodSaved
• 

  Humour is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer … Laughter is swallowed up in prayer and humour is fulfilled by faith.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  FactsLaughterPrayer
• 

  The significance of the law of love is precisely that it is not just another law, but a law which transcends all law.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  LawLoveSignificance
• 

  We judge the Russians because they’re living under despotism and we don’t like it, but we’ve gotten into a fix now where we’re living in a common predicament, and we ought to recognize this common predicament.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  CommonJudgingPredicaments
• 

  The old prose writers wrote as if they were speaking to an audience; while, among us, prose is invariably written for the eye alone.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  AudienceEyeStyle
• 

  We take, and must continue to take, morally hazardous actions to preserve our civilization.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  BelieveExercisePassion
• 

  Whether the man is an atheist or a Christian, I would judge him by his fruits, and I have therefore many agnostic friends.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  AtheistChristianMen
• 

  Aim for the stars and maybe you’ll reach the sky.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  GovernmentSkyStars
• 

  Reason tends to check selfish impulses and to grant the satisfaction of legitimate impulses in others.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  ReasonSatisfactionSelfish
• 

  What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  HappinessJoyLaughter
• 

  …(I)ndividual selfhood is expressed in the self’s capacity for self-transcendence and not in its rational capacity for conceptual and analytic procedures.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  SelfSpiritualityTranscendence
• 

  In the 17th and 18th centuries there was a kind of Protestantism that said, “If you could only get rid of the Bishop, then you’d be a true Christian”.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  BishopsChristianKind
• 

  In the Old Testament, the God of the Prophets never was completely on Israel’s side. There was a primitive national religion, but it was always a transcendent God who had judgment first in the House of God.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  CountryHouseMajestyPeople
• 

  God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

  REINHOLD NIEBUHR
  ChangePrayerWisdom