Something to think on

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope.

Nothing which is true, or beautiful, or good, makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore, we must be saved by faith.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, could be accomplished alone; therefore, we must be saved by love.

No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our own standpoint; therefore, we must be saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.

Quote from Reinhold Niebuhr, quoted by Martin Marty in a presentation at The Millennium Evenings at the White House in January 1999.

via Speaking of Faith's program "America's Changing Religious Landscape, A Conversation with Martin Marty"