Reinhold Niebuhr Love Quotations

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore, we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint. Therefore we must be saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument.

The significance of the law of love is precisely that it is not just another law, but a law which transcends all law.