We Have Had To Learn That History

...(i)ndividual Selfhood Is Expressed In The Self's Capacity For Self-transcendence And Not In Its Rational Capacity For Conceptual And Analytic Procedures.

Where, But In The Simplicity Of The Gospel, Can You Hear About Both The Dignity Of Man And The Misery Of Man?

History May Defeat The Christ But It Nevertheless Points To Him As The Law Of Life.

A Wise Architect Observed That You Could Break The Laws Of Architec75tural 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.

God, Give Us Grace To Accept With Serenity The Things That Cannot Be Changed, Courage To Change The Things Which Should Be Changed, And The Wisdom To Distinguish The One From The Other. This Prayer Was First Printed In A Monthly Bulletin Of The Federal Council Of Churches And Has Become Enormously Popular. It Has Been Circulated In Millions Of Copies.