Quotes by Reinhold Niebuhr

The following are quotes from Reinhold Niebuhr:

All you earnest young men out to save the world please, have a laugh.

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.

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.

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted and pure love without power is destroyed.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime therefore, we must be saved by hope. Nothing 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, can be accomplished alone therefore, we are saved by love.

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