The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. nature
If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. courage
Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime therefore we must be saved by hope. hope
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. politics & sad
Forgiveness is the final form of love. forgiveness & love
Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted and pure love without power is destroyed. power
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone therefore we are saved by love. alone
There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion. religion
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. God
Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another. age
If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God. nature
Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. family
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith. faith & history
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. wisdom
Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. faith