Famous Quotes | A wise architect observed that...

A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections. - Reinhold Niebuhr
Attribution: Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971), U.S. theologian, historian. Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic, 1928 entry (1930).

Categories: Historian, Religion, Theologian

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