Beyond Tragedy Quotes

“Religion, declares the modern man, is consciousness of our highest social values. Nothing could be further from the truth. True religion is a profound uneasiness about our highest social values.”
― Reinhold Niebuhr, Beyond Tragedy: Essays on the Christian Interpretation of History

“To the end of history, social orders will probably destroy themselves in an effort to prove they are indestructible.”
― Reinhold Niebuhr, Beyond Tragedy: Essays on the Christian Interpretation of History

“The ice is not very thick; the ocean beneath it is deep and tempestuous; and the sun above is warm and melting.”
― Reinhold Niebuhr, Beyond Tragedy: Essays on the Christian Interpretation of History