Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another. Reinhold Niebuhr on age
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone therefore we are saved by love. Reinhold Niebuhr on alone
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr on change
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. Reinhold Niebuhr on change
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. Reinhold Niebuhr on courage
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr on courage
If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. Reinhold Niebuhr on courage
Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. Reinhold Niebuhr on faith
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith. Reinhold Niebuhr on faith
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 on family
Forgiveness is the final form of love. Reinhold Niebuhr on forgiveness
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr on god
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. Reinhold Niebuhr on god
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. Reinhold Niebuhr on god
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith. Reinhold Niebuhr on history
Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime therefore we must be saved by hope. Reinhold Niebuhr on hope
If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God. Reinhold Niebuhr on nature
The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. Reinhold Niebuhr on nature
Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. Reinhold Niebuhr on peace