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Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.

Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.

Reinhold Niebuhr
Men, Perfection, Sin

All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

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Sin, Intention, Humans
Reinhold Niebuhr (2015). “Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics: (Library of America #263)”, p.45, Library of America

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