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Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes

Reinhold Niebuhr quotes

American Theologian June 21, 1892 – June 1, 1971

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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
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful 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. Reinhold Niebuhr
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful worldas it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things rightif I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with HimForever in the next. Amen. Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr quote: "Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love..."
Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed. Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr quote: "Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone;..."
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love. Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr quote: "Forgiveness is the final form of love."
Forgiveness is the final form of love. Reinhold Niebuhr
Humour is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer. Laughter must be heard in the outer courts of religion, and the echoes of it should resound in the sanctuary; but there is no laughter in the holy of holies. There laughter is swallowed up in prayer and humour is fulfilled by faith. The intimate relation between humour and faith is derived from the fact that both deal with the incongruities of our existence. ... Laughter is our reaction to immediate incongruities... Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr quote: "The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of..."
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. Reinhold Niebuhr
Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values. Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr quote: "Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds..."
Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it. Reinhold Niebuhr
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
Reinhold Niebuhr quote: "The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful..."
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. Reinhold Niebuhr
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
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
Reinhold Niebuhr quote: "The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate..."
The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. Reinhold Niebuhr

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