Reinhold Niebuhr - Leaves from the notebook of a tamed cynic (1929)

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Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.

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A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.

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