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Man Quotes by Reinhold Niebuhr
- The chief source of man's inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men.
- Religion, declares the modern man, is consciousness of our highest social values. Nothing could be further from the truth. True religion is a profound uneasiness…
- For man as an historical creature has desires of indeterminate dimensions.
- Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.
- Man is his own most vexing problem.
- Man is both strong and weak, both free and bound, both blind and far-seeing. He stands at the juncture of nature and spirit; and is…
- The essence of man is his freedom. Sin is committed in that freedom. Sin can therefore not be attributed to a defect in his essence.…
- Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
- Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle