Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Related topics

beyond family intimate justice life love spirit

Related quotes

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. View quote
Epictetus
Many can give money to those in need, but to personally serve the needy readily, out of love, and in a fraternal spirit, requires a truly great soul. View quote
John Chrysostom
Love is an affection which carries the attention of the mind beyond itself, and is the sense of a relation to some fellow creature as to its object. View quote
Adam Ferguson
True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself. View quote
Henry Miller
The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded, are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them, they cannot love us. View quote
Thomas Jefferson