Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes:
Ocupation: Theologian
Life: June 21, 1892 - June 1, 1971
Birthday: June 21
Death: June 1
The measure of our rationality determines the degree of vividness with which we appreciate the needs of other life, the extent to which we become conscious of the real character of our own motives and impulses, the ability to harmonize conflicting impulses in our own life and in society, and the capacity to choose adequate means for approved ends.
source: Reinhold Niebuhr (2015). “Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics: (Library of America #263)”, p.204, Library of America
topic: Real, Character, Mean, Needs Of Others, Adequate Means, Vividness
