Assertion Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

“Faith is the final triumph over incongruity, the final assertion of the meaningfulness of existence.” quote by Reinhold Niebuhr — Download Open image

“Faith is the final triumph over incongruity, the final assertion of the meaningfulness of existence.”

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