Author: Reinhold Niebuhr

Quotes

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God.

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

- 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.

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

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 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

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

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