Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.
Extremes and Extremists
Quotations by Reinhold Niebuhr
Quotes :
- Barthold Georg Niebuhr – on creative “It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life” ~Barthold Georg Niebuhr
- "It is better to create than to be learned,… "It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life" - Barthold Georg Niebuhr
- "This was a dangerous, uncontrolled reaction… "This was a dangerous, uncontrolled reaction because the magnesium particles were spilling out of the dumpster and releasing gas. If our inspectors hadn't intervened, this dangerous conduct could well have led to a serious fire or explosion." - Steve Owens
- "You do not come back from those depths just by… "You do not come back from those depths just by making some shifts here and there and cherry-picking a few issues you think are popular. It just isn't that easy. The notion that you can just snap your fingers after falling from the high 60s to the low 30s, that you can give a speech, propose some infrastructure spending and say some things that you…